by Zac Fine | Dec 5, 2018 | Business growth, Dental practice software, IT, Movers and shakers, Orthodontics
One of the fastest growth markets in dentistry is orthodontics, and for good reason: an apparently insatiable demand among adults for straight teeth on top of steady demand among children and teens. Adults have to go private, there’s no other option in England and...
by Zac Fine | Nov 16, 2018 | Business growth, Communications, Costs, Leadership, Movers and shakers, Online marketing
As another two cabinet ministers quit yesterday, including the second Brexit secretary, we came across this story about the epicentre of the crisis: the Irish border. Everything’s cheaper in Northern Ireland and many items are half price, which is why people drive...
by Jonathan Fine | Nov 7, 2018 | Business growth, Communications, Costs
Before I became a dental management consultant I spent 30 years working as an advertising agent in the wonderful pre-digital era when ad men wore bow ties, Boss suits and drove big BMWs. Despite all the glamour and froth we were actually very disciplined and formulaic...
by Jonathan Fine | Sep 19, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Planning
This is another excerpt from chapter 2 of Moonwalking For Dentists. Email [email protected] if you’d like a free pdf of the full chapter or a copy of the book with a 25% discount. One: Risk The overriding driver behind making business, or indeed life...
by Jonathan Fine | Aug 15, 2018 | Business growth, Communications, Inbound marketing, Treatment coordinator
Wherever your dental practice is located, the Republic of Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, time waits for no man, and March 2019 is little more than six months away. As things stand, deal or no deal, Brexit is due to happen at 11pm UK time on...
by Zac Fine | Jul 25, 2018 | Business growth, Leadership, Movers and shakers
After mistaken reports of a £300m buyout by Southern Dental, Portman Dental Care has refinanced, with Core Equity Holdings acquiring Livingbridge’s stake. I caught up with CEO Sam Waley-Cohen, who has his shoulder at the wheel again after a short break. Sam, how are...