Learn how to survive and thrive at BDA certified course
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Join a two-day intensive business-focused course led by leading dental business coaches Andy McDougall and Anne-Marie Houston from Spot On Business Planning on Friday 19 May and Friday 16 June 2023 at the BDA’s headquarters in London.
The course is highly recommended for business owners and practice managers. If you have not seen Andy and Anne-Marie in action, we encourage you and or your PM to book. Success is achieved by understanding what drives your numbers and what specifically influences your profitability. This is exactly what you will explore in detail at the event that will also boost your knowledge and understanding of running your business and how your numbers relate to your decisions and operational results. You will also gain 13 ½ hours’ of verifiable CPD certified by the BDA. Some 70% of our clients have already attended the course and rated it as an excellent adjunct to working with us.
What will I learn?
This practical course highlights what you don’t know about running a dental business, but really should. Whatever your objective – surviving the economic climate, understanding the impact of reducing or losing your NHS contract, transforming poor performance, preparing for sale, or taking your business to the next level with a vision for expansion – the commercial techniques are the same.
- Reassess your direction, adapt to survive, gain motivation to implement change and ensure future prosperity.
- Learn how to read and interpret your financial numbers.
- Understand the tools that underpin effective decision making.
- Transform good decisions into bottom line growth* Feel reassured that by managing your numbers you’ll have greater control in these difficult economic time.
Day one
Equips you with the necessary know-how to assess your business’ current position, teaches a range of commercial techniques, and discusses how they can be applied to your business.
Day two
Review how you have applied the techniques to your business to improve your financial result, seek further guidance and set out your next steps. Leave with a strategic plan unique to your practice and ready to implement change that will lead to a better financial future.
Please note: this course is delivered in two parts and participants are expected to attend both days.
How much does it cost?
- DCPs £240
- BDA member £300
- Non-member £400
Fees include refreshments, lunch and all course documentation.
The course runs from 9am – 5pm with registration from 8.30am.
Click here to book
Our upcoming events
Planning your successful exit
Join industry experts & learn how to plan your successful exit at this free live event!
Enjoy an opportunity to join Andy McDougall & Anne-Marie Houston in person at a free event in Surrey in July for dentists keen to maximise their exit value and gain tips for a smoother sale.
Spot On Business Planning is joining Dental Practice Sale and AMG Wealth on Thursday, July 10 for the informative live event to help dentists plan their successful exit.
The three companies will address key areas of concern to practice owners leading up to a sale, the sale process itself and post-sale aspects.
One of our strategic partners, Dental Practice Sale, is a specialist dental broker with an expansive national network of contacts and a team whose pedigree encompasses some of the UK’s most important, prestigious and noteworthy dental business transactions. Collectively the team has decades of experience in valuing, buying and selling dental practices and utilises its vast knowledge to offer the best all-round service.
AMG Wealth is a chartered financial planning practice that delivers high calibre intergenerational financial planning advice. It develops close working relationships with clients to provide investment planning based on your personal priorities, such as keeping a good standard of living in retirement or protecting wealth for future generations.
- Learn how to maximise your exit value - what are the drivers?
- Understand the benefits of structuring your business ready for exit
- Determine the best point to exit
- Hear a personal account from a DPS client & practice seller
- Gain insights on the state of the market today
- Consider where your practice sits with the different buyers in the market
- Uncover the details in deal structures
- Be informed about the valuation process & how you can influence it
- Be aware of options pre sale such as EOT, Pre Sale Trusts, significant share holder exemption
- Transition into the next phase of life (if retirement, what you will do, having winter hobbies etc)
- Ensure you run out of life before running out of money (cash forecasting)
- Protect the estate for now and future generations
- Complimentary drinks and buffet from 6.30pm
The event at Brooklands Hotel in Weybridge starts at 6.30pm with drinks and includes a buffet.
Click here to reserve your space: https://www.dentalpracticesale.co.uk/events/evant-2?hsLang=en-gb
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BDA Setting up a dental practice
The BDA Setting up a dental practice in-person workshop is a great opportunity for you to gain invaluable support, advice and insider information from expert speakers, including Andy McDougall and Anne-Marie Houston, on how to set out on your own for the first time.
Spot On Business Mastery
Sign up for the Spot On Business Mastery (SOBM) 2025-26 programme.
Spot On Business Mastery provides you, the principal dentist, with the formula for running your dental business in a way that achieves your financial and lifestyle goals without you being the driving force.
Do you want to…
✅ Develop yourself as a business leader?
✅ Achieve the financial results you deserve?
✅ Enjoy a better work life balance?
Register your early interest now. Limited spaces available.
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