I recently posted a blog about this topic and had some very interesting feedback which I wanted to share with you. If you have anything to add to these or want to comment on them, please feel free.   Norman Bloom As they say in the city…”My word is my bond”.Unless there is a good
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I am retiring soon and want to take this opportunity to say hello again and also to wish you all the best. I will be moving to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to spend more time with my extended family and friends who I left behind all those years ago. I will miss the UK but
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Clients of mine are currently reviewing their cancellation policy and would like to know if anyone in the DBC community can share what works best for them. Questions raised are whether to “fine” for late cancellations or whether to take deposits on longer appointments, and what the thresholds and parameters for this should be. In
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Hi, my name is Nicki and I am the Business and Development Manager of College Street Dental Practice, a top end purely private practice, based in Petersfield, Hampshire. My role is to be responsible for all elements of HR and Recruitment, Business Analysis – where are business is coming from – this includes preparing monthly
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On my return from Africa I had a commercial wake up call! During last week’s management meeting with Phillippa I decided that I am going to “pull” The Dental Business School with immediate effect. We have marketed the DBS over the last 3 months via the ezine and social media With the exception of my
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Before my African adventure I mentioned to you the business opportunity I’m involved with a major UK retailer. We now have opportunities available to open in-store practices in the following locations: •           Reading •           Camberley •           Chichester This is the chance for a talented associate to take their first step on the ownership ladder, with
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It’s Tuesday morning and the rain is lashing against the windows here in Cornwall. I’m due out for a training run as soon as I’ve written this post – and perversely looking forward to the cold wind and rain on my face. A wake up call you might say. What I’m about to say isn’t
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Those of you who faithfully follow my social media and other broadcast updates will recall that I’ve been very excited in recent weeks about the new retail dental business I’m involved with.   To clarify, I’m still “CoachBarrow” and still working with independent clients (plenty of them as well – thank you) and we are
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I’ve been invited to return in 2012 as the Chairman of the business track at The Dentistry Show. Last year’s programme will be a hard act to follow – those attending will remember that the room was packed for all of the presentations – at some we had to turn people away! The purpose of
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Dear Colleague The BACD is running its inaugural golf event on the 21st of October and going to be a great day and evening! This event is open to BACD members and non-members and please forward payments to Suzy Rowlands at the BACD. 2011 Inaugural BACD Golf Event Enjoy a day of golf at the
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