by Jonathan Fine | Jun 6, 2018 | Acquisitions, Movers and shakers, News
A source close to Portman Dental Care has confirmed that reports of a £300m buyout bid by a Swiss investor are untrue and the chain is simply refinancing. Sky News reported that Jacobs Holding, which bought Southern Dental last year, was heading a pack of punters for...
by Jonathan Fine | May 23, 2018 | Branding, Business growth, Communications, Online reviews
In any service or retail business, online reviews from customers are valuable because they generate new business. But people often forget they do something else too: they provide concrete material on which to base improvements to your services. This can backfire if...
by Jonathan Fine | Apr 18, 2018 | Disposals, Exit plan, Planning, Retirement, Tax, Wealth management
The average dentist currently works to age 74 according to Practice Exchange, the online job and course board. It’s an extrapolation from US figures that show average retirement age for dentists in 2001 as 64.8, rising to 69.3 in 2011. But it feels wrong. Granted, the...
by Jonathan Fine | Apr 4, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Planning
Dental business blogs — this one included — always go on about business growth being de facto a good thing. But rapid expansion without strategic planning can be counterproductive. Jamie Oliver’s misadventures are a perfect example. In February one of our clients...
by Jonathan Fine | Mar 28, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health, Planning
Whenever I feel overwhelmed by conflicting priorities (which doesn’t happen that often) I use the technique below. I recently shared it with a client who had moved into overload and they found it helpful, so my offer is to perhaps file it as a resource for the next...
