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Something good: remembering the week that changed everything
I suspect that this week all of us will take a moment to think back to the stay at home announcement from Boris Johnson on the Monday...
Chris Barrow
11 hours ago3 min read
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April pay reviews: navigating NICs, CPI, AEI, and the risks of a BFZ
Some choices on pay reviews in April - definitions first: NIC = Rachel Reeves' increase in Employer's National Insurance payments; BFZ =...
Chris Barrow
1 day ago1 min read
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From the classroom to the clinic – Alex Blake’s journey into dental practice management
In this episode of Conversations with Chris , we welcome Alex Blake, the non-dentist co-owner and joint managing director of Blake...
Chris Barrow
4 days ago1 min read
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Falling back in love with your dental business: from stale to thriving again
I meet dental practice owners whose relationship with their own business has become like a stale marriage. It was all romance and...
Chris Barrow
5 days ago1 min read
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The illusion of partnership: why minority shareholding in dentistry rarely works
One of those periodic calls yesterday from a Principal who has been approached by a friend, The Associate, who is working in a city 30...
Chris Barrow
6 days ago2 min read
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Wake up! The numbers don’t lie—and they don’t add up
The thing I love about numbers is that they don't do Drama. The numbers are the numbers - and, at the moment, they don't add up. As I...
Chris Barrow
Mar 181 min read
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The power of kindness
At the start of a leadership team meeting last week, my client presented all 6 of us attending with a bunch of daffodils (Spring) and a...
Chris Barrow
Mar 171 min read
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Why more competition in dentistry is a win for everyone – even you and I
Whenever a client announces "OMG - there's another dental practice opening nearby (or bought and due to be revitalised) my response is...
Chris Barrow
Mar 142 min read
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BUPA’s £300 dental offer: smart marketing or just another email you’ll ignore?
And so here it comes again - the £300 offer from BUPA - received because I am a healthcare policyholder (although a friend mentioned that...
Chris Barrow
Mar 132 min read
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Thinking of renting out a surgery? Here’s why it rarely works
Yesterday, a call from a Practice Owner, asking my opinion on renting rooms to other healthcare professionals. It comes up every now and...
Chris Barrow
Mar 122 min read
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