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Practice Plan marks its 25th year of helping to build strong, sustainable practices

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Practice Plan, the UK’s leading provider of practice-branded membership plans. The company’s 25th year has been uniquely challenging with the arrival of Covid-19...

NASDAL Goodwill Survey – what happens next?

This week saw NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) release their Goodwill Survey statistics – these statistics are normally produced on a quarterly basis and...

The first steps to recovery?

Richard Lishman reviews the 2020 summer statement. The 2020 summer statement announced by Rishi Sunak was designed primarily to help the UK population recover from the devastation of the coronavirus...

Fail to plan…

Chris Strevens discusses the importance of cash management. The return to a ‘new normal’ is likely to be a longer and more gradual journey for most businesses than the abrupt and almost immediate...

Fail to plan – dentistry and liquidity

Frank Taylor & Associates’ Chris Strevens discusses the importance of skilful cash management. The return to a ‘new normal’ is likely to be a longer and more gradual journey for most businesses than...

Business rates, PPE and key worker status – dentists call on government support

The British Dental Association (BDA) is calling on the government to help dentists on the day high street practices in England are meant to be reopening their doors to patients.

Denplan partners with Wright-Cottrell to supply essential PPE

Denplan is partnering with Wright-Cottrell, one of the UK’s leading dental distributors, to supply £2m worth of free PPE for its Denplan members.

Wanting out? Wanting in? Practice valuations and COVID-19

Andy Acton of Frank Taylor & Associates discusses the steps and preparation needed to ensure an accurate practice valuation in a COVID-19 world.

Dentists instruct Brown Rudnick LLP to advise on business interruption cover

The British Dental Association (BDA) has today announced that it is taking urgent legal advice in respect of the vast majority of insurers not paying insurance claims of dentists for business...

MPs urge Chancellor to throw dentists a lifeline

More than 100 MPs, from across seven parties, have joined forces to demand immediate action from the chancellor to save the UK’s dental services.

Practice Plan and DPAS to give back half of their admin fee

The Practice Plan Group, which includes Practice Plan and DPAS, has announced that in April and May, they will be giving back half of their monthly admin fee to their client practices to help them...

Dental practices 'weeks from a cliff edge', say dentists

Large parts of the UK’s dental service are at risk of imminent collapse without urgent steps to support small business says the British Dental Association (BDA).