Iain Stevenson

Iain Stevenson

Author at Dentistry Online

Iain Stevenson is a senior area manager for Wesleyan Financial Services. For the last 15 years, Iain has led a team of specialist financial consultants focusing on financial advice for dentists.

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Money Talks – estate planning

Iain Stevenson brings attention to the importance of communicating your estate planning. Many consider estate planning to be the Marmite of financial planning – people either love it or hate it. In any event, and regardless of your personal opinion, estate planning crucially underpins your family’s long-term financial security and can support you in mitigating…

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Money Talks – to be private or not to be private?

Iain Stevenson weighs the pros and cons of switching from the NHS to private practice. Without question, the past three years have been incredibly challenging for dental professionals. Struggle after struggle When we consider all the current personal challenges we’re facing – inflation hitting double figures and widely expected to grow, energy bills at an…

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Economic turmoil – the value of financial advice

Iain Stevenson, head of dental at Wesleyan Financial Services, looks beyond the financial headlines and provides reassurance for dentists concerned by the economic landscape. Economic and political challenges seem to be whipping the media into a frenzy currently. This can understandably be a cause for concern for dentists looking at how they might be affected…

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Money Talks – analysing business risks for your practice

Assessing and preparing for risks in your business ensures that your family’s and personal wealth is protected, explains Iain Stevenson. As a business owner, life has never been busier.  Looking after staff, premises, insurances, recruitment, income, costs and generally managing everything it takes to run a successful dental practice is challenging in itself.  It’s therefore…

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Energy prices – five control measures dental practices can take

Iain Stevenson, head of dental at Wesleyan Financial Services, shares top tips for small businesses to mitigate the impact of energy prices. Last week, many practice owners may have breathed a small sigh of relief following the new Chancellor’s emergency mini-budget announcement. In it, it was reiterated that small businesses will receive the equivalent of…

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Is there a trending decline in the value of NHS practices?

Iain Stevenson, head of dental at Wesleyan Financial Services, explores the recently reported drop in NHS practice goodwill valuations and speaks to Chris Strevens from Frank Taylor & Associates for the predictions on future sale value. NASDAL recently released its Goodwill Survey results from 31 July to 31 October 2021. It painted a somewhat turbulent…

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Economic turbulence – what should dentists do in response?

Iain Stevenson, head of dental at Wesleyan Financial Services, shares considerations on how to keep your finances stable during times of market volatility. The current climate may leave you feeling that challenges are coming your way from every angle. Within the dental space, there’s ongoing uncertainty of practising under the NHS. Challenges rising from self-employment…

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A view of the dental landscape: money and mental health

Iain Stevenson, senior area manager for Wesleyan Financial Services, speaks to Ros Keeton, chair of the BDA Benevolent Fund, to uncover the financial challenges that the profession is currently facing. We are working through turbulent times within the profession. Particularly when it comes to personal and practice income. There’s a lot of uncertainty around what…

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