Practice Management

8 Nov 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Bulletproof HR advice for your practice

HR and employment law Solicitor, Sarah Buxton, is the latest expert in dentistry to share her expertise and advice with practice managers and business owners. The age-old phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’ has no…

3 Nov 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

An insight into a day of ‘Top Hats, Toast and Moments of Truth’

With the Practice Plan Workshop Tour now in full swing, we wondered what insights and top tips have practices come away with so far? We asked Liz Barraclough, Practice Manager at Ilkley Dental Care in…

25 Oct 2017 • HR & Employment Law

Expert advice on handling staff absence due to stress

Sarah Buxton, specialist HR and employment solicitor, examines the sensitive issue of how to manage stress-related absence in your practice. Stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 11.7 million working days lost in 2015/16, according to…

13 Sep 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Four simple steps to improve your recruitment process

Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager from Practice Plan, shares four simple ways to improve your recruitment process. Running a successful and thriving practice is a team effort. You need to have the right mix of…

7 Sep 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

What a difference 30 years can make

Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager for Practice Plan, reflects back on how practice life has changed over her 30-year dentistry career. In the past 30 years, the world has changed significantly. Back in 1987, when…

18 Aug 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Expert advice on managing underperformance in your team

Tackling underperformers can be one of the more challenging elements of managing your practice. Here, we chat to experts, Sheila Scott, Dental Business Consultant, and Sarah Buxton, Director and Employment and HR Solicitor of FTA…

21 Jul 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Sheila Scott and Chris Barrow give us a glimpse of what to expect on this year’s Workshop Tour

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator, catches up with dental business experts, Sheila Scott and Chris Barrow, ahead of this year’s Workshop Tour to find out what they have in store for you…

30 Jun 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Four ways to ensure you recruit the best candidate

Interviewing candidates to join your practice team is an important process as it is essential to find the ideal person who is the perfect fit for you and your business. After all, having a team…

13 Feb 2017 • HR & Employment Law

Five simple ways to bring out the best in your dental team

As an owner or practice manager, bringing out the best in your team may well be something you strive to do on a daily basis year on year, however this can prove a little easier…

21 Sep 2016 • HR & Employment Law

Successfully recruiting for your dental practice

There are numerous reasons why, as a dental practice owner, you may need to recruit. Whatever the reason, recruitment can be costly, time consuming and not without risks of litigation. It’s therefore important that the…

15 Aug 2016 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

How to solve two common HR dilemmas!

As owners or managers we find that we can’t all be experts when it comes to HR. So you could be forgiven for thinking that it is your practice alone that suffers with a particular…

12 Aug 2016 • HR & Employment Law

The six must-have skills for your front desk team members

In today’s blog, Dental Consultant and multi award-winning practice owner, Emma John, looks at the skill-set required within your team if you’re going to offer and maintain ultimate levels of customer service in your dental…

15 Jul 2016 • HR & Employment Law

Five top tips on how to alleviate stress

Modern life is full of challenges, stress and pressures, and the dental profession is no exception. But instead of accepting stress as an inevitable part of life, it is important that dentists effectively address the causes before it impacts on…

15 Feb 2016 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

The Importance of Leadership to Create a Successful Dental Practice

As pressure grows for dental practices to respond to increasing costs and to stay ahead of the growing competition, principals must become more commercially aware. Determining the most appropriate strategy to fulfil financial goals is…

14 Dec 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

How to Deal With Difficult People in Your Dental Practice Team – 5 easy steps

Figuring out how to deal with difficult people in your dental practice team and difficult situations can be a real headache and cause friction between practice owners and staff. Sheila Scott, leading dental business consultant,…

14 Aug 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Keeping in Tune With Your Employees

Peninsula Business Services offer some simple-to-implement steps on how you can keep in tune with your employees, resulting in higher morale and stronger working relationships.

24 Apr 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Is Sickness Causing You a Headache?

Sickness in any small business can be a real problem as each member of the team relies on one another to be able to operate effectively and efficiently. Here, Emma John shares her advice on…

3 Apr 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Creating a Great Team

Guest blogger, Kevin Rose shares his top tips on how to create and maintain a top-notch team!