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Ireland's no. 1 optician* has teamed up with Republic’s leading laser eye surgery specialist in a new strategic partnership.

Specsavers and Ultralase have become official partners, with the high street opticians recommending any customers interested in laser eye surgery to consult Ultralase.

The partnership is designed to give convenience and reassurance to any Specsavers customers who have decided to undergo laser eye treatment and is backed by a fully integrated support and aftercare service through their local Specsavers store.

Specsavers’ managing director John Perkins explains: ‘Our core business is and always will be glasses and contact lenses, but our over-riding concern is for our customers’ eye health and general well being.

After extensive research we have chosen to partner with Ultralase who are the clear refractive surgery market leaders for experience, care, expertise and safety.
 
‘Ultimately this is good news for our customers, who will now receive an informed recommendation from their trusted optician at their local Specsavers if they are considering this procedure.

We believe that this new alliance offers customers an unparalleled level of choice and sets a new professional standard in holistic eyecare.’

Tony Ververka, CEO at Ultralase, adds: ‘This is a significant and exciting move for us as a business. It very much represents a meeting of minds, with the market leaders in high street optometry and market leaders in laser eye treatment coming together.

‘As the UK’s longest-established laser eye treatment specialist, with more than 19 years experience and 200,000 successful treatments, we were the natural partner for Specsavers.

We are also the only operator to offer a lifetime care guarantee and have the best laser eye surgery results in the UK, with 99% of people achieving 20/20 vision and 100% achieving driving standard with our latest treatment, Ultra Elite.’

Under the agreement selected Specsavers staff will be fully accredited by Ultralase to deliver laser eye surgery aftercare appointments, ensuring maximum convenience and continuity of service for Specsavers customers through their local high street store.

* Source: euromonitor January 2009 - market share by optician