I kī a Duncan rāua ko Todd ka whakangaohia e rāua "miriona pāuna" ki tētahi taiwhanga hanga hou whai muri i te hokonga o ētahi atu toa whatu e rima puta noa i te motu.
Kua pānuitia e North East, te kamupene kei muri i te kaupapa, ka whakapaua e ia ngā miriona pāuna ki tētahi wheketere mō ngā mōhiti me ngā karāhe whakapā hou i Aberdeen.
I kī a Duncan rāua ko Todd ko te haumitanga o "ngā miriona pāuna" ki ngā taiwhanga hanga hou ka mahia mā te hoko i ētahi atu peka e rima o ngā tohunga tirohanga puta noa i te motu.
I whakatūria te Duncan and Todd Group i te tau 1972 e Norman Duncan rāua ko Stuart Todd, ā, nā rāua i whakatuwhera tō rāua peka tuatahi ki Peterhead.
Ko Francis Rus te kaiārahi o te rōpū ināianei, ā, kua tino whānui haere te rōpū i roto i ngā tau ki Aberdeenshire me tua atu, me te neke atu i te 40 ngā peka.
Nō nā tata nei i hokona e ia ētahi toa tirotiro kanohi motuhake, tae atu ki a Eyewise Optometrists o Banchory Street, Pitlochry Opticians, GA Henderson Optometrist o Thurso, me Optical Companies o Stonehaven me Montrose.
Kei reira anō hoki ngā tūroro kua rēhita ki te toa Gibson Opticians i Rosemont Viaduct i Aberdeen, kua kati nei nā te mea kua reti.
I ngā tau kua taha ake nei, kua haumi te rōpū ki te tiaki i ngā taringa, ā, kua whakarato i ēnei ratonga puta noa i Kōtirana, tae atu ki ngā whakamātautau taringa kore utu me te tuku, te tāuta me te taunga o te whānuitanga o ngā taputapu whakarongo, tae atu ki ngā mea matihiko.
Ka whakatuwheratia e te wāhanga hangahanga a te kamupene, a Caledonian Optical, tētahi taiwhanga hou ki Dyce i te mutunga o tēnei tau hei hanga i ngā karāhe arotahi ritenga.
I mea atu a Ms Rus: "He tohu nui te whakanui i tō mātou huritau 50 tau, ā, mai i te tīmatanga, kāore i tino mōhiotia te Duncan and Todd Group, kotahi anake te peka i Peterhead."
"Heoi, ko ngā uara i puritia e mātou i taua wā kei te mau tonu i tēnei rā, ā, e whakahīhī ana mātou ki te whakarato ratonga utu tika, whaiaro, kounga hoki i te tiriti matua i ngā tāone nui puta noa i te motu."
"I a tātou e tomo ana ki tētahi tekau tau hou ki Duncan and Todd, he maha ngā hokohoko rautaki kua mahia e mātou, ā, kua nui te haumi ki tētahi taiwhanga hou hei whakawhānui ake i ō mātou pūkenga hanga karaihe mō ō mātou hoa mahi me ngā kiritaki puta noa i te UK."
"Kua whakatuwheratia hoki e mātou ētahi toa hou, kua oti ngā whakahoutanga, ā, kua whānui ake hoki ā mātou ratonga. Mā te whakakotahi i ngā kamupene iti, motuhake ki roto i te whānau whānui o Duncan rāua ko Todd, kua taea e mātou te tuku atu i te whānuitanga o ngā ratonga ki ā mātou tūroro, inā koa i roto i te ao tiaki taringa."
I tāpiri atu ia: "Kei te rapu tonu mātou i ngā whai wāhitanga hoko hou, ā, kei te titiro hoki ki ngā kōwhiringa i roto i tā mātou mahere whakawhānui o nāianei. He mea nui tēnei ki a mātou i a mātou e whakarite ana ki te whakatuwhera i tā mātou taiwhanga hou i muri mai i tēnei tau. He wā whakahihiri tēnei i a mātou e whakanui ana i tō mātou huritau 50 tau."