Deciding to sell your veterinary practice will probably be one of the biggest life choices you ever make. If you have the luxury of time, as Vicky Robinson explains, planning your sale will make a considerable difference to the financial outcome … DURING THE PAST few years,...
Setting up a veterinary practice can seem like the easy part when compared to developing a successful strategy for growth. Alan Robinson explains how to take the pain out of the process by following five golden rules… ALL BUSINESSES GO through five stages of growth –...
According to 90% of surgeries polled by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) earlier this year, over half of pet owners do not understand what registered veterinary nurses do. Alongside this research, the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) says ‘vet nurses provide skilled supportive care for sick...
High prices are only a problem where value is a mystery....
The end of the year and beginning of a new one tends to make one reflect on the year’s successes and failures… What were your top achievements? What was your biggest failure? What had the biggest impact? And so on… Instead of focusing on generic achievements, I thought it’d be...
Inflation persists at above 6% for veterinary practices. Drug, utility, insurances and equipment prices are soaring. VAT sits at 20%. The Pound is still relatively weak against most of our importers (Most of what we buy is American or European.) The fact is that throughout 2013...