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  "id": 2228608,
  "title": "Husband and wife team behind Specsavers eye a £12m payout as profits surge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/husband-and-wife-team-behind-specsavers-eye-a-12m-payout-as-profits",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16067959/Husband-wife-team-Specsavers-eye-12m-payout-profits-surge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The chain's Guernsey-based parent company is jointly owned by Dame Mary Perkins and husband Doug, who co-founded the business in 1984.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}