UDuncan noTodd bathi bazotshala “izigidi zamaphawundi” endaweni entsha yokukhiqiza ngemuva kokuthenga ezinye izitolo ezinhlanu zamehlo ezweni lonke.
INorth East, okuyinkampani eqhuba lolu hlelo, imemezele ukuthi izosebenzisa izigidi zamapondo embonini entsha yombukiso kanye ne-contact lens e-Aberdeen.
U-Duncan no-Todd bathi ukutshalwa kwezimali “kwamapondo ezigidi” kumalebhu amasha okukhiqiza kuzokwenziwa ngokuthengwa abanye odokotela bamehlo abahlanu ezweni lonke.
I-Duncan and Todd Group yasungulwa ngo-1972 ngu-Norman Duncan kanye no-Stuart Todd, abavula igatsha labo lokuqala e-Peterhead.
Manje eholwa uMqondisi Ophethe uFrancis Rus, leli qembu liye lakhula kakhulu phakathi neminyaka e-Aberdeenshire nangale kwalokho, linamagatsha angaphezu kuka-40.
Usanda kuthola inqwaba yezitolo ezizimele zamehlo, okuhlanganisa i-Eyewise Optometrists yase-Banchory Street, i-Pitlochry Opticians, i-GA Henderson Optometrist yaseThurso, kanye ne-Optical Companies yase-Stonehaven ne-Montrose.
Iphinde ibone iziguli ezibhaliswe esitolo sakwaGibson Opticians ku-Aberdeen's Rosemont Viaduct, esivalwe ngenxa yokuthatha umhlalaphansi.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, leli qembu litshale imali ekunakekelweni kwezindlebe futhi lihlinzeka ngalezi zinsizakalo kulo lonke elaseScotland, okuhlanganisa ukuhlolwa kwamahhala kokuzwa kanye nokuhlinzekwa, ukufakwa nokufakwa kwezinsiza-kuzwa ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nezidijithali.
Ingxenye yokukhiqiza yenkampani, iCaledonian Optical, izovula ilabhorethri entsha eDyce ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka ukuze ikhiqize amalensi angokwezifiso.
UNksz Rus uthe: “Ukugubha iminyaka yethu engama-50 kuyingqopha-mlando futhi iQembu likaDuncan noTodd cishe lalingabonakali kusukela ekuqaleni linegatsha elilodwa kuphela ePeterhead.
“Kodwa-ke, amanani ebesibambelele kuwo abe yiqiniso namuhla futhi siyaziqhenya ngokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezingabizi, zomuntu siqu nezisezingeni eliphezulu emgwaqeni ophakeme emadolobheni ezweni lonke.
“Njengoba singena eshumini leminyaka elisha kwa-Duncan no-Todd, senze izinto eziningi zokuthengwa kwamasu futhi sitshale imali eningi elabhorethri entsha ezokhulisa amakhono ethu okukhiqiza amalensi ezinkampanini esisebenzisana nazo namakhasimende e-UK yonkana.
”Siphinde savula izitolo ezintsha, saqeda ukulungisa futhi sanweba uhla lwethu lwezinsizakalo.Ukuhlanganisa izinkampani ezincane, ezizimele emndenini owandisiwe wakwaDuncan no-Todd kusivumele ukuba sinikeze iziguli zethu izinsiza eziningi, ikakhulukazi emkhakheni wokunakekelwa kwezindlebe.”
Wengeze wathi: “Sihlala sifuna amathuba amasha okuthenga futhi sibheka izinketho ngaphakathi kohlelo lwethu lwamanje lokukhulisa.Lokhu kuzobaluleka kithi njengoba silungiselela ukuvula ilebhu yethu entsha ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.Lesi yisikhathi esijabulisayo njengoba sigubha iminyaka yethu engu-50.”