Contents

Part I - Setting up your practice:
1. Setting up - the first steps;
2. Where to locate;
3. Finance;
4. Professional indemnity cover and insurance;
5. Tools of the trade;
6. Advertising;
7. Putting in systems;
8. VAT and tax considerations;
9. Starting to trade;
10. Holidays and staffing requirements;
11. Developing management skills;
12. Regulatory bodies and legislation;
Part II - Keeping going: how to manage the small practice:
13. Periodic reviews;
14. Cornerstones for future success;
15. Preventative medicine;
16. How to structure the firm;
17. Managing growth;
18. Recruitment and retention;
19. Marketing your practice;
20. Good luck!;
Appendices

About the Author

Martin Smith is the founding partner of Martin Smith & Co based in Hertfordshire. He qualified with London sole practitioner Duke Cohan & Co in 1976 and then moved to Park Nelson becoming a partner in 1980. He set up his own firm in 1988 and specialises in litigation. He has handled many high profile cases and appeared many times on both radio and television. Martin is also the author of Precedent Library for the General Practitioner (Law Society, 2007).