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Beardsen GDP to scale the heights in tribute to his “incredible” daughter Morvern
Kilimanjaro climb to help fight cancer
In March, Bearsden GDP Alas- dair Reid’s world was turned upside down when his eldest daughter Morvern was diag- nosed with ovarian cancer at the tender age of just 24. However, inspired by his
“incredible” daughter, Alas- dair has decided to travel to Tanzania with fellow dentist Stuart Craig in order to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and raise money for Morvern’s chosen charity, the Beatson Pebble Appeal. Morvern, who has led the
fundraising efforts herself despite undergoing two oper- ations and coping with the rigours of ongoing chemo- therapy treatment in the past few months, has encouraged friends and family to do all they can to raise money for the campaign to build a new
Goodwill values rise
SURVEY RESULTS
The average goodwill value of dental practices across the UK increased by roughly 10 per cent in the first few months of 2011, according to a recent survey by the National Association of
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translational research centre. With 30 of Morvern’s
friends committing to running the Paisley 10k, car boot sales and other fundraising being planned, Alasdair, who is one of the five partners at Chart- well Dental Care in Drymen Road, decided he needed to do something special. So he set his sights on climbing 19,000 feet to the summit of the tallest peak in Africa and the world’s highest free- standing mountain. Alasdair said: “The climb
has given me something to focus on. I really didn’t cope that well at the start, with a lot of time off work. Just simply not able to face it. But I’m starting to deal with it better and this climb has given me a tremendous focus. It is something that I can do
Specialist Dental Account- ants (NASDA). According to the good-
will survey for the quarter ending 30 April, deals struck between January and April of this year shows that the average sale value has gone up from 84 per cent to 97 per cent of turnover. This is not spread equally
across the board, however, as NHS and mixed prac- tices are faring better. The average NHS practice
Alasdair Reid with daughter Morvern
“It is something that I can do and it is going to be positive and give something back”
Alasdair Reid
and it is going to be positive and give something back, because the people up at the Beatson are just great. The facility up there is phenom- enal. I couldn’t think of her going anywhere in the world,
reached more than 103 per cent of turnover while private practices fetched just over 90 per cent (NASDA defines a private practice as one with an income of 80 per cent or more from private fees). Meanwhile, the sale values are still gener- ally above valuations for goodwill. Alan Suggett, a partner in
UNW LLP in Newcastle who carried out the latest NASDA survey, said: “NHS practice
paying any amount of money and getting better treatment than we are getting there. It is really quite humbling.” And Alasdair explained
that Morvern has absolutely been the driving force behind all the fundraising, managing to stay remarkably positive in the face of a very serious illness. He said: “She is just fantastic, absolutely incred- ible. For someone to cope with what she is having to cope with, is remarkable. I’ve got nothing but admiration for her. I take my hat off to her every single day.”
® To donate to Morvern’s fundraising campaign, which has raised over £3,500 so far, visit www.justgiving. com/morven4thebeatson
values appear to be holding up in value, and so do mixed practices, but private practices are having a tougher time. “I am still concerned that
the market value of private practices is clouded by those practices which are ‘sticking’. If practitioners are holding out for an unrealistically high sale price then the proportion of low value deals will be less, and the ‘average’ could there- fore be misleadingly high.”
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