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Any budding writers?

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Although it hasn’t been long since the June edition of Practice Life dropped on doormats, we are already laying out artwork for the September edition. Vet practices get quite a variety of magazines delivered these days and it is easy…

Planning Time

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We all have our daily job list and tasks we would like to achieve on any given day. But how often do we allocate specific timings to this list?  It is all too easy to fall into the trap of…

PR during BVNA’s VN Awareness Month – Facebook & Twitter posts

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Public Relations (PR) is a lot easier now than it used to be with social media such as Facebook and Twitter giving a quick way to communicate with your clients. However, with other day to day responsibilities, finding time to…

FREE Press release – RVN promotion

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With the RCVS & VN Council agreeing the importance of increasing awareness of the Registered Veterinary Nurse, we have written two Proforma Press Releases that we are making available to practices. One, is in conjunction with BVNA and Veterinary Nurse…

Reactive or proactive: TESCO – 0 Independents -1

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So, Tesco are giving customers a voucher for a FREE vet or VN check if they spend £10 in store (http://www.tescocampaigns.com/p/m/mars/vetchecker/). While there is uncertainty over the ethics and workings of such an offer, and that it appears to only…

Never say never

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There was a fascinating talk given by James Cracknell OBE during the BSAVA Congress opening ceremony last week. It seems that winning an Olympic Gold has similarities to working in veterinary practice! Listening to James as he took the audience…

Thinking time

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Travelling long distances for work is a lot more common nowadays and as our work is so varied, this means many hours can be spent en-route to somewhere. While this can seem a waste of valuable time, it is surprising…

The value of member benefits

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We work with a number of companies that provide CPD and other benefits to their members and after listening to the VPMA webinar yesterday lunchtime it struck me just how valuable these memberships are. There are various reasons why we…

Are we our own worst enemy when it comes to “work/life balance?

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During one of the breakfast meetings at VPMA/SPVS congress there was a comment made about work-life balance and that with technology, it is too easy to be checking emails on phones and getting the laptop/iPad out to do “a few…

Plan to succeed

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BVA have announced their 3 year strategic plan, taking them up to 2017. How many practice owners and businesses are doing the same? They say if you fail to plan, you plan to fail! With a Prince qualification in project…

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