Sole Traders Podcast

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Damian Murray

13 episodes

4 weeks ago

In this episode of The Sole Traders Podcast, Damian Murray sits down with Adele Beckett, a Foot Health Practitioner, educator and founder of The Foot Health College and Next Step Clinic Training School. From her start in corporate banking to running a foot health training collage, Adele has developed a game-changing model that could help tackle the podiatry recruitment crisis head-on. 👉 What makes her approach so revolutionary? She’s enabling podiatrists to train and qualify their own foot he...

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Episodes (13/13)

Sole Traders Podcast

Could This Be the Answer to the Podiatry Recruitment Crisis?

4 weeks ago

33 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

How To Sell Your Podiatry Practice & Retire

Ready to Sell or Buy a Podiatry or Foot Health Practice? Discover the essential roadmap to successfully selling or buying a podiatry / foot health practice in our latest podcast. 💼 Whether you're looking to exit your business and retire, or you’re an ambitious practitioner eager to step into private practice, this episode is packed with actionable insights you can’t afford to miss. Damian delivers firsthand strategies for: ✅ Preparing Your Practice for Sale: Remove emotions, understand if you...

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute

Sole Traders Podcast

Curacorn® - Why ‘Curing’ Patients is a Better Business Model than ‘Recurring’ Patients

Welcome to this episode of the Soletraders podcast, "Curacorn® - Why ‘Curing’ Patients is a Better Business Model than ‘Recurring’ Patients," where we explore a 21st-century solution to an age-old foot problem. For the past 1,500 years, dating back to Hippocrates' "On Regimen" (460 BCE-380 BCE), physicians, chiropodists, and podiatrists have struggled to find a permanent solution for one of the most common foot issues: corns. But has Catherine Hughes (Hobbs), a renowned podiatrist from...

1 year ago

54 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

How do I start a successful Podiatry / Foot Health Care practice?

Join Damian on Series 1: Episode 9 of the Sole Traders podcast, which is a recording of a Canonbury Healthcare webinar on: ‘How do I start a successful Podiatry / Foot Health Care practice?’ Damian discusses: What I've learned about private practice from managing a 2.4 million portfolio. What it really takes to be a successful private practitioner. How to reverse-engineer the perfect private practice.Why a great job is better than an average business.Why all private practices ...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

Private Podiatry & Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

In this episode, I chat with Hugh Tregoning. Hugh qualified as a physiotherapist in 2008 and continues to practise whilst representing Wales in his role as the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Professional Liaison Consultant. With a background in both NHS and private healthcare settings, Hugh offers a unique perspective on the regulatory expectations of healthcare professionals, drawing from his own experiences as a fellow practitioner. Join us as we discuss: The role of the HCPC...

1 year ago

35 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN - For Success, Stability & Funding

This is the first PODCAST + where our listeners can follow the business planning discussed in the episode in the NEW 'FREE RESOURCES' section of the Sole Traders website. In this episode Damian shares a cringey but relevant anecdote about wedding planning, how that is relevant to business planning and the shocking fact that both marriages and business fail at the same rate in the UK! To avoid the common pitfalls (in business not in marriage) and obtain funding, Damian takes you ...

1 year ago

22 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

RISKY BUSINESS

In this episode, I talk about the importance of completing a feasibility study to assess the risks associated with starting a new business and how you can control the variables to mitigate your risk. Starting with, "Are you the right person for the job?" I talk about the four main tests to assess your start-up or re-assess your existing clinic so you can make decisions based on facts rather than fantasy. This podcast leads on to the next podcast in the series where I will take you...

1 year ago

13 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

FASTRACK YOUR FUTURE. How to achieve a Band 8 salary in 3-5 years!

In this episode, I compare the difference between achieving a Band 8c salary (£70,000 - £81,000) via the NHS and private practice routes. I explain why you are 98% more likely to achieve this payscale in private practice and how podiatrists who are on the same 'salary' don't get the same pay! In fact, the difference is as much as £1,400 per month!! This may get many podiatrists thinking about their financial future as the figures speak for themselves: See Here If you would like to know more...

2 years ago

17 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

SUPPLYING SUCCESS - An Interview with Michelle Gibson from Canonbury Healthcare

In this episode, I chat with Michelle Gibson from Canonbury Healthcare. Michelle graduated as a podiatrist in 1992 and worked in the NHS with a special interest in diabetes. She attained her master's degree in 2015 and received the Lecture of the Year award from Wolverhampton University in 2021. Michelle is now the Training & Education Manager at Canonbury Healthcare. I asked Michelle how private practitioners benefited from building a relationship with their suppliers, and why t...

2 years ago

31 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

Joint Venture Partnerships - An Interview with Stephen Vince

In this episode, I chat with newly qualified podiatrist Stephen Vince. Stephen qualified from New College Durham in 2022 and in as little as 12 months has gone from new grad to clinic owner via our Joint Venture Partnership. Hear Stephen's journey, and my monolog on how you can do it too. Career Opportunity... If you are a podiatrist or foot health practitioner in the North-East, Stephen is currently recruiting at Foot Medic Gateshead. Click on the link to find out more >> htt...

2 years ago

32 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

Why Do Podiatrists Decide To Start Their Own Businesses?

In this short episode, I share my thoughts on why podiatrists want to open their own businesses? Have a short rant about the lack of podiatrists in the UK and what I think we should do about it?? Read a very relevant quote from 'The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About'. See links below: And set the scene for the next podcast where I interview podiatrist Steven Vince who went from new grad to business owner in 10 months and doubled his income vi...

2 years ago

9 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

Interview With The PODFATHER - Dr Tyson E. Frankin

It has always been an ambition of mine to host my own podcast, and today that ambition was realised… with my very first guest Dr Tyson E. Frankin. It was an honour to turn the tables on such a prolific podiatrist, businessman, author, speaker, coach and podcaster. In this episode, Tyson talks about how and why he opened his first podiatry practice, why you must be crazy to go straight from Uni to private practice, how a health complaint meant he had to build a business that could...

2 years ago

57 minutes

Sole Traders Podcast

Introduction to the Sole Trades Podcast

The Sole Trades Podcast is brought to you by the Foot Medic™ Group – a podiatry management company that helps podiatrists start, grow, manage and exit their private practices in the UK & Ireland. In this short introduction, your host Damian Murray outlines the purpose of the podcast and why he's only as qualified as the next private podiatrist when offering advice on private practice. Hope you enjoy the show. CLICK HERE for more information on the Foot Medic™ Group ...

2 years ago

2 minutes