£1 billion = £1 million x 1000. Divide that by 570 and the average practice would be worth £1.754 million. Now I realise that there is no such thing as the average practice but that seems a lot of money to me. Could the anticipated change in dental contract influence this move? Interesting times indeed.Continue reading “Carlyle Tests Appetite For £1bn Dental Chain”
Author Archives: Alun Rees
The Monday Morning Quote #265
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.” Henry Ford Thanks to Ian Smith at Visage Dental Laboratory for reminding me of this.
Another offering for your Facial Aesthetic clients?
This will be of particular interest for those dentists who provide facial aesthetic treatments; although my purely anecdotal opinion is that there are far more trained to carry out the procedures than can find willing participants. I think it’s really more of a marketing problem than anything else, “something to do with the D inContinue reading “Another offering for your Facial Aesthetic clients?”
The Monday Morning Quote #264
“All things are ready if our minds be so.” Henry V
The Monday Morning Quote #263
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
The Monday Morning Quote #262
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” Gabriel García Márquez B. 6 March 1927 – D. 17 April 2014 RIP
The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz
Growing up in non-conformist Wales in a Catholic household meant that Good Friday was a black day. No shops, no pubs, no cinema and no newspapers. I was told it was because this was the day that Jesus was crucified and it should be treated with solemnity. The habit has stuck – to a certainContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz”
The Incisal Edge Podcast Interview #3 – “the Dhrucast” with Dhru Shah of Dentinal Tubules
The interviewee on the Incisal Edge Podcast this week is Dr Dhru Shah. In addition to being a specialist periodontist Dhru is the founder of Dentinal Tubules which has grown from a board for advertising job vacancies to huge resource for continuing professional development.
The Monday Morning Quote #261
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void Cartoons
Australia urged to pull up the “Dental Drawbridge”.
From Time Higher Education 10th April 2014.
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