Why the cost sharing model is dead
The cost sharing model was once a mainstream hit with dentists but it seems to be finally dying out. The dynamics don’t seem to work in the 21st century, and here’s why I think that is. …
Amateurs forget to hydrate
Most people have had at least one inspired idea, but how many people have applied their idea? …
NHS: don’t wait, get out now
But there are many problems, not least the farce of trying to differentiate your private treatments in a mixed practice that uses the same staff and facilities. …
Who’d be an employer?
The dental sector harbours a large number of people who run their businesses just to get along. …
2 sites better than 1?
If you were looking for a sure fire way of ensuring that an investment didn't pay off, but instead depreciated rapidly, a second car is a very good idea. …
How did you fare in the so-called decade of austerity?
A deluge of technological innovations are coming our way and they will keep transforming consumer behaviour like this in ways that we can’t imagine. …
Friction costs your business more than you will ever imagine
When I think about the things that our clients want to do, I wonder if there are ways that we can make life easier for them by taking out friction. …
Falling behind due to circumstances outside your control?
It seems there’s a division of wealth according to circumstances, certainly by geography, but also I think it’s fair to say more generally, as a function of the randomness of life. …
Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing
As the American business magnate Warren Buffett once said, risk comes from not knowing what you are doing. …
How much property is too much?
Since Phil and Kirsty appeared on our screens 15 years ago it’s become even more culturally mainstream to want to put spare cash into bricks and mortar, above all else. …
How does your practice growth compare to your peers?
Among our clients in private practice the average revenue growth last year was 13%. …
How to lose serious money with poor decisions
On more than one occasion I have seen business owners do another version of this. …
How will driverless cars affect your goodwill value?
Elon Musk says we’ll be sleeping in driverless cars in two years. I’m looking forward to working in the car when I am on the road, as long as I have better wi-fi than First Great Western. …
Create more value in less time for the good life
Quite unusually for an accountancy team we discarded the timesheet. …
You can’t always get what you want
It’s impossible to get something good at an impossibly cheap price. We know this, but we forget it, so we have sayings to remind us, like “buy cheap buy twice”. …
