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Insurance gets messier on October 1
The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) comes into force on October 1. No idea what it is? Neither had I until I spoke to Nigel Jones, who describes major disruption ahead for the dental...
7 components of the entrepreneurial mindset
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%...
The wheel of life and your funeral
I’ve been flicking through a book I published with Simon Hocken in 2014 called Moonwalking For Dentists: How to win big in dentistry. I was expecting to wince but actually it’s aged pretty...
Has Google’s Medic Update wrecked your ranking?
This summer saw a big algorithm change by Google that’s been dubbed the Medic Update. That’s because it is understood to have hit health and medical related websites the hardest. Here's the...
Still in the NHS? Read this
Where are we with NHS reform? We know the final contract will pay practices according to both UDA activity and a fee determined by the number of patients they serve. We don’t know how. We...
Superdrug disrupts facial aesthetics forever
The world changes quickly. I found an old copy of the Economist magazine the other day with the cover “The World in 2016”. It had a collage of major world leaders and movers and shakers. No...
The Brexit effect: a major opportunity for your dental practice
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...
How much can the average GDP earn from orthodontics?
The dental sector is in rude health but the ortho category is probably rudest of all, with its global market forecast to see a compound annual growth rate of 8.2% between 2017 and 2023...
Another howl of impotent rage against change
Interesting column by Kevin Lewis in Dentistry magazine last month. He argues that it’s vulgar for dentists to build their personas by marketing their skills and personalities like...
Sam Waley-Cohen: Core Equity will help us scale
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...