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 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...
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 Zac Fine | Jan 31, 2018 | Branding, Communications, Movers and shakers
The year has got off to a nice start for our client David Murnaghan at Boyne Implant & Dental Clinic. He’s been in the news around the world thanks to an extraordinary case he took on pro bono, and there are some lessons here if you wanted to make the headlines...
by Zac Fine | Jan 3, 2018 | Movers and shakers, News, NHS
Around Christmas a story appeared in the Times about a Stan Brock, a philanthropist who wants to set up huge temporary clinics in sites like Wembley Stadium to give the poor free dental and eye care. Brock, 82, has done it hundreds of times in underdeveloped parts of...
by Zac Fine | Nov 22, 2017 | Communications, Dental practice software, IT, Movers and shakers
Toothpic is a phone app that’s accelerating the retailisation of dentistry in the US. Users get a virtual dental check-up within 24 hours via its pool of 400 online dentists in the world’s first large scale teledental service. We caught up with CEO Mark Moore, 30, who...
