I’ve already used social media to express my thanks to Practice Plan for inviting Annie and I to our 4th Club Weekend and making us so welcome. The Melia Villaitana in Benidorm was a lovely resort and business hotel, far away from the fleshpots on the coast – the gala dinner on the Saturday
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Last week I had two marvellous days in Northern Ireland as a business coach for lovely people. On Thursday I had a late flight from Belfast Intl to Manchester – and a very early start on Friday morning to attend the Practice Plan Club Weekend in Alicante. Our Easyjet flight on Thursday leaves
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1. the clinicians who see the most patients generate the lowest profitability 2. the clinicians who see the fewest patients generate the highest profitability 3. the Pankey “corridor of profitability” proposes that the clinicians who deliver 24-27 hours per week are the most profitable – more hours than 27 and profits decline
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Is there ANY reason why – in every surgery – you would not have a high quality SLR camera with instant uplink? digital x-ray? intra-oral cameras with instant uplink? The most important piece of equipment in a 2012 dental or hygiene/therapy surgery? A 42-inch plasma screen. Then a conversation with every patient: what
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First things first – if you are going to succeed with a private squat (and I mean really succeed) you will need: £250,000 to get to the ribbon cutting stage £150,000 working capital for the first three years Work 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, work harder then you have ever worked Become
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I have to admit that I have written this blog post before. Every time I walk into a Pret a Manger I am impressed with their dedication to detail and focus on customer service. During the BDA Conference Jon B and I had breakfast at the Pret in Spinningfields, Manchester and, as always, the atmosphere
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The Macbook Pro is back from Apple ER and, courtesy of Jon Barrow, fully restored. I’ll be investing some time over the next 10 days in restoring some of the apps that didn’t make the journey, creating a new back-up on Time Capsule and having a good old tidy of the hard drive.
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I know very well that many of our different teams here at the BKH Group will be making some whistle stop overseas visits next week. That’s a very typical week for our Executives as we build the new dental corporate. There are several flights to purchase (both domestic and international), many hotel rooms to book
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Advertorial Today I went to see Sofia, a salaried Dentist in London for her annual review. Last year when I first met Sofia she had an existing ISA portfolio of approximately £25,000 invested solely in a UK Equity Fund. We talked about her plans for the investment as she said she was thinking of
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Having completed another three days of conference at the BDA last week I have been reflecting on the services supplied to the smaller enterprise owners who see the trade shows as a chance to network with strategic alliance partners, suppliers and clients. At The Dentistry Show we invested a lot of money in a
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