Kevin Horkin MBE is a Lancashire business owner, journalist, pet consultant, and TV presenter who has appeared on several animal-themed television programmes in the United Kingdom.
Horkin left school at 16 to start his own business: a stall in Accrington Market selling clothing and jewelry.
[3][4] The General Optical Council took out simultaneous private prosecutions in an attempt to stop the sale of ready-made reading spectacles.
[7][8] He subsequently rebranded his business from "The Eye Shop" to "Spex Opticians," opening 22 branches across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside.
[9][10] Horkin has been a contributor and pet consultant to TV programmes, including This Morning with Richard & Judy.
[22][23] Horkin appeared in a film for television in which he played himself as a TV Pet Expert, called Catwalk Dogs.
[40][41] Horkin has organised a number of Special Children's Christmas Parties for Disabled Children at Number 10 Downing Street, including one hosted by Ant and Dec.[42][43][44] In 2014, Horkin received a Lifetime Legends of Industry Award from the Variety Club of Great Britain for his work with the Foundation.
[50] Horkin was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List, "for Services to Charity and to the Community in Clitheroe, Lancashire.