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27 Feb 2026 • Blog, Finance

Practice health check: are you missing out on hidden profit?

Medenta Business Development Manager, Lesley Turner, encourages dental practice owners and managers to take a proactive look at the inner workings of their business to keep everything running smoothly and profitably. Just like clinical equipment…

11 Mar 2025 • Blog, Finance

Coping with the Labour budget – how practices are responding

How did the measures announced in the Labour government’s first budget affect dental practices? Practice Plan Group Director, Nigel Jones, spoke to Partner and Head of Dental at accountants UNW, Mike Blenkharn, to get his…

15 Dec 2023 • Blog, Marketing

Why use social media in a dental practice?

Social media management consultant, Gemma Starkey, also known as Miss Social, shares some suggestions as to how to improve your social media game. When I first started out in dentistry, I remember dentists discussing whether…

20 Nov 2023 • Blog, Finance

Advice on buying a dental practice

Christie & Co recently published its annual Dental Market Review which showed there is still a strong appetite for practice ownership. Buying a practice can be a long and involved process with the average time…

22 Sep 2023 • Blog, Finance

Consumer duty – is it any of your business?

Think the new Consumer Duty is none of your concern? If you offer patient finance in your practice then Head of Medenta, Richard Scarborough, encourages you to think again. You may have heard about the…

28 Jul 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Career breaks as a benefit to employees and the practice

Specialist HR and Employment Solicitor, Sarah Buxton discusses the best way to structure career breaks for employees. As practices continue to experience difficulties recruiting and retaining good staff, it’s important to consider what benefits you…

22 May 2023 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Top tips for keeping a happy team

Lucy Simic, Dental business consultant, shares her top tips for keeping your dental practice team happy. What you’ll hear: Are your team engaged and focused? Team development – Know your teams skills and how they…

9 Jun 2023 • Blog, Finance

Keeping your cash flow smooth with patient finance

Since he took on ownership of Courtyard Dental practice in 2006, Dentist, Marcos White, has worked to create a fully private high-end practice with a welcoming environment. Specialising in cosmetic dentistry, he and his team…

10 May 2023 • Blog, Customer Service

How a Treatment Coordinator can add value to a practice

As more practices introduce Treatment Coordinators (TCOs), Business Development Manager, Shelley Clegg, spoke to Rebecca Copeland, who was one of the first people in the country to gain the Level 3 BTEC Advanced Diploma in…

23 Feb 2023 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Maximising your potential in practice

Katrina Rees, Area Manager at Practice Plan shares her top tips for maximising potential in your dental practice and identifying new opportunities in your business. What you’ll hear: How the current landscape is affecting costs…

10 Feb 2023 • Blog, Customer Service

Sort your core and let the chips fall where they may

Practice Plan’s Creative Director, Les Jones, talks about the importance of nailing your fundamental purpose in business. Over the new year, I went away with my wife and a group of friends to the Welsh…

20 Dec 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Thinking like a Community – or a Dental Practice?

Area Manager, Gary Nelson muses on the need for a sense of community to return to the workplace. These past few weeks and months I have observed many times the importance of community and belonging.…