"Dame Mary Lesley Perkins", Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire/DBE is co-founder and a senior executive of Specsavers, a leading Brick and mortar business/bricks and mortar UK Opticians (retailers)/United Kingdom eyeglass company.

The wife of Specsavers co-founder and chairman Doug Perkins, Dame Mary has three children, all of whom work for Specsavers and are eventually expected to take over the privately owned company.

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I think a lot of it was just the preparation, we started a lot of earlier.

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We took a lot of the suggestions that came out of last year's budget votes. I think ultimately keeping it under the penalty threshold was very important.

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