I was recently asked the following question: how do we work out the operating costs per surgery per day? My answer The calculation is: assume the practice is open and staffed but there are no fee-earners and no patients costs DO NOT include lab and materials or associate/hygiene wages because no patients turned up but
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It’s not every Principal of a dental practice that would take his/her entire team to Barcelona for the weekend as a “thank you” for a year of hard work. Especially in the current climate. So hats off to my mate Tim Thackrah and the the team at Elmsleigh House Dental Clinic in Farnham, Surrey. We
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I visited a local art gallery on Saturday morning to get some photos framed.   Whilst waiting, it was good to chat the owner who has been there for over 25 years. “How’s business?” I asked. “Its strange”, he replied, “I can’t sell any limited edition prints for £200 each but I’ve sold over £20,000
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It’s a Sunday afternoon and a car pulls into the customer car park at the main Porsche dealer in Wilmslow, Cheshire. It’s a beautiful building. The car is a Black BMW M3 with a 57 plate – looks in good condition. Out steps a man in his late 50’s (although he looks much younger) dressed
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I love it when a new site appears, all shiny, new and tablet/smartphone compatible. Here’s the latest from Alex Jones and the team at PDC Dental, complete with construction by Dental Focus and video by JSP Media Group. www.pdcdental.co.uk

This is the response to our plans for PrivateVT. “This correspondence is now closed” Really? From: Chris Franklin c.franklin@sheffield.ac.uk Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:42 AM Subject: Re: unsuccessful FD1 candidates To: Andy Lane andylanebds@gmail.com Cc: Nicholas Taylor <n.taylor@nwpgmd.nhs.uk Dear Andy With the greatest respect it is not your responsibility to advise or provide
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Afshin Khalessi and Bita Farzad at College Street Matt and Liz Ogden at Number 45 Andy and Becky Denny at 22 Dental David and Barbara Naisby at Black Isle Marcus and Louise Spry ay Fresh Dental Richard and Christine Charon at Newbury Smilemakers Richard and Josie Fretwell at Guidepost Jim and Helen Braden at Braden
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Simon and Sue Andrews at The Smile Spa. David and Dawn Cunningham at Spring Grove. David and Brenda Nelson at Cranmore. Trevor and Jen McKissick at Ballyclare. James and Sonya Hamill at Blueapple. Alex and Jayne Jones at Penistone. Willie and Xandra Maceachen at Polwarth. Shrik and Lina Kotecha at Smile Essentials. Rhod and Emma
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You have no idea how many times in the last 10 days I have had emails, phone calls and social media messages that begin with: “I know you are a busy man/have a hectic schedule but could I ask………..” Fair enough from contacts but when your fee-paying clients say that, it is a moment of
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I’ll be writing more about this in the ezine at the end of the month…about the coming economic storm and the effect it is going to have on UK dentistry. About solutions – what to do to prepare and ride the storm. In the meantime……. Two stories in the last 24 hours from dental principals,
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