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Business planning and financial management for practice owners and managers

Effective business planning is increasingly important for practices wishing to compete in the
current dental market, and with the stepping up scrutiny by HM Revenue & Customs and an
increase in VAT, it’s critical that you understand your figures. This one-day course cuts through
financial jargon to equip you with the skills to interpret a set of accounts and to understand how
the tried and tested techniques of building a cohesive business plan, fit together.

What will you learn? Course information

By the end of the course you will: Friday 17 September 2010

• have a good grasp of the fundamentals of finance Friday 13 May 2011

• be able to read and interpret a set of accounts British Dental Association

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• understand how to use management accounts to achieve your
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business objectives

• understand the time-tested principles for creating a business plan Wednesday 8 December 2010

• know what to do with your business plan after you have prepared it Thistle Manchester Hotel
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• have the insight of how to ‘manage’ the result rather than it just Piccadilly Gardens
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• understand how to align your resources to focus on what is important.
BDA members: £150

Non-members: £195
Why should you attend? Dental Care Professionals: £95
This course will help you to understand the steps required to create a
The above fees include refreshments,
tangible vision for your practice: to understand your objectives, get to
lunch and all course documentation.
know your figures, and to be more profitable and more efficient by
measuring performance and actually managing the results. 9.00am – 5.00pm
(registration from 8.30am)

About the speaker

GROUP BOOKING
Andy McDougall DISCOUNT
Spot On Business Planning Book two course places
Andy has over 25 years experience of business planning
and get a third place half price
and brings techniques and expertise from a wide range of
commercial and competitive business sectors. He specialises
in delivering business planning services to the dental community, enabling
Who should attend?
them to respond to an increasingly commercial and competitive environment.
This one-day training course is
From finance to marketing and people, Andy’s hands-on approach across all
business disciplines is refreshingly different and reassuring to practices who suitable for all those involved in the
benefit from the transfer of business skills to their management team. strategic direction of the practice.
www.spoton-businessplanning.co.uk

Don’t miss out, book your place today www.bda.org/training

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Business planning and financial management for practice owners and managers
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course date. Please photocopy this form for multiple bookings, complete for each
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