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Optical Express is a retail optical services brand in the United Kingdom. Optical Express is a trading name of the Scottish company ''DCM (Optical Holdings) Limited'' which operates as the Optical Express Group with a number of subsidiaries in a range of healthcare services including the optical industries. In 2013 the company was described by the Competition Commission as the market leader in Refractive surgery.〔 As well as a chain of retail opticians the company operates a private hospital in Manchester.〔 Laser eye surgery in the UK is dominated by three main companies Optical Express, Ultralase and Optimax which, in total, account for approximately 56% of clinics in the UK. == Financial history == In November 2012, Optical Express closed a subsidiary with 83 stores placed into administration and 40 store closures. In December 2012 Optical Express said it would open 40 new sites as laser consultation/treatment centres in 2013. Landlords expressed dismay that this closure happened two days after quarterly rents were due. Accounts filed at Companies House for the calendar year 2011 reported a loss of £1.5 million, the previous year the company made a profit of nearly £6.9million. On 21 July 2013 Optical Express narrowly avoided being foreclosed by its lender RBS and Moulsdale averted administration by purchasing the bank's loans. 1 October 2013: Accounts filed at Companies House show DCM (Optical Holdings) recorded a pre-tax loss of £15.1m in the 12 months to 29 December 2012, wider than the £1.5m loss in the prior year. Founder David Moulsdale unveiled the intention to appoint an administrator for DCM Optical Clinic and then buy back 16 of the 19 stores. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Optical Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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