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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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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