UDuncan noTodd bathi baza kutyala “izigidi zeeponti” kwilabhoratri entsha yokuvelisa emva kokuthenga ezinye iivenkile ezintlanu ze-optical kulo lonke ilizwe.
INorth East, inkampani ephethe le nkqubo, ibhengeze ukuba iza kuchitha izigidi zeepawundi kumzi-mveliso omtsha wemiboniso kunye neelensi zokunxibelelana eAberdeen.
UDuncan noTodd bathi utyalo-mali "lwezigidi ezininzi zeeponti" kwiilabhoratri ezintsha zokuvelisa luza kwenziwa ngokuthengwa kwabanye oogqirha bamehlo abahlanu kulo lonke ilizwe.
Iqela leDuncan and Todd lasekwa ngo-1972 nguNorman Duncan kunye noStuart Todd, abavula isebe labo lokuqala ePeterhead.
Ngoku likhokelwa nguMlawuli oyiNtloko uFrancis Rus, eli qela liye landa kakhulu kule minyaka idlulileyo e-Aberdeenshire nakwezinye iindawo, linamasebe angaphezu kwama-40.
Kutshanje ufumene iivenkile ezininzi ezizimeleyo ze-optical, kuquka ii-Eyewise Optometrists zaseBanchory Street, iiPitlochry Opticians, i-GA Henderson Optometrist yaseThurso, kunye nee-Optical Companies zaseStonehaven naseMontrose.
Ikwabona izigulana zibhalisiwe kwivenkile yeGibson Opticians eRosemont Viaduct yaseAberdeen, evaliweyo ngenxa yomhlalaphantsi.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, eli qela lityale imali kunyango lokuva kwaye libonelela ngezi nkonzo kulo lonke elaseScotland, kubandakanya uvavanyo lokuva lwasimahla kunye nokubonelela, ukufakelwa kunye nokufakelwa koluhlu olubanzi lwezixhobo zokuva, kuquka nezo zedijithali.
Icandelo lemveliso lenkampani, iCaledonian Optical, liza kuvula ilebhu entsha eDyce kamva kulo nyaka ukuze livelise iilensi ezenziwe ngokwezifiso.
UNksz Rus uthe: “Isikhumbuzo sethu seminyaka engama-50 sisiganeko esikhulu kwaye iDuncan and Todd Group yayingasabonakali kwasekuqaleni inesebe elinye kuphela ePeterhead.
"Nangona kunjalo, ixabiso esasinalo ngelo xesha liseyinyaniso namhlanje kwaye siyaziqhenya ngokubonelela ngeenkonzo ezingabizi kakhulu, zobuqu nezisemgangathweni kwizixeko ezininzi kulo lonke ilizwe."
“Njengoko singena kwiminyaka elishumi entsha eDuncan and Todd, senze uluhlu lwezinto ezicwangcisiweyo kwaye satyala imali eninzi kwilabhoratri entsha eya kwandisa amandla ethu okuvelisa iilensi kumaqabane ethu kunye nabathengi kulo lonke elase-UK.
"Sivule neevenkile ezintsha, sagqiba ukuhlaziya saza sandisa uluhlu lweenkonzo zethu. Ukuhlanganisa iinkampani ezincinci, ezizimeleyo kunye kusapho olukhulu lukaDuncan noTodd kusivumele ukuba sinike izigulane zethu uluhlu olubanzi lweenkonzo, ingakumbi kwicandelo lokhathalelo lokuva."
Wongeze wathi: “Sisoloko sikhangela amathuba amatsha okufumana kwaye sijonga iindlela ezikhoyo kwisicwangciso sethu sokwandisa ngoku. Oku kuya kuba luncedo kuthi njengoko silungiselela ukuvula ilebhu yethu entsha kamva kulo nyaka. Eli lixesha elinomdla njengoko sibhiyozela iminyaka engama-50 yethu.”