Portman Dental Care
Portman Dental Care is a group of dental practices in the UK and Europe established by Sam Waley-Cohen[1] in 2008, backed by VC, Core Equity Holdings,[2] who invested into the firm in June 2018.[3]
As of January 2022, the group owned 200 practices across UK, Ireland and Europe, with more than 700,000 patients.
From 2017-2020, it won ‘Outstanding Business of the Year’ for four consecutive years[4] at the Dental Industry Awards and in 2019, it was included in the London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain.[citation needed]
History[edit]
Portman Healthcare Ltd was founded in 2008 by Sam Waley-Cohen,[5] with the aim of creating a group of dental practices.
Leadership[edit]
In December 2021, Julie Ross was announced as the new MD of Portman Healthcare, UK & Ireland,[6] UK & Ireland with Founder Sam Waley-Cohen moving into the role of Group CEO.
Growth of the company[edit]
Established in 2008 and acquiring its first practice in Maidenhead in 2009, the group has grown through acquiring dental practices with a private focus.
By March 2011 the business had grown to eight dental practices employing 170 staff and by 2013 it has grown to 15 dental practices. It took over Apollonia House Dental and Healthcare in Grasscroft in 2015 and the practice was named the Portman Dental Practice of the Year in August 2016. At that point the company owned 45 dental practices across the UK.[citation needed]
In 2018 it had over 80 practices across the UK.
The group won 11 NHS contracts for orthodontics in 2019 and opened a series of specialist orthodontic practices - ‘Portman Smile Clinic[7]’ throughout 2019.
In 2019, Portman gained its 100th practice, the same year that it marked its 10 year anniversary of acquisitive business.[citation needed]
Portman continued to grow and acquired The Dental Surgery, Corn Exchange, London in April 2021 [8]
Accolades[edit]
In 2019 Portman won ‘Best Business Transformation Management Team[9]’ at the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Management Team Awards.
From 2017-2020, it won ‘Outstanding Business of the Year[10]’ for four consecutive years at the Dental Industry Awards with a fifth nomination as a finalist in 2021. Alongside the group awards, individual practices and clinicians from the wider group being nominated and winning industry awards.[citation needed]
To mark its response to the pandemic, it was nominated for ‘Best Covid-19 Response in Healthcare’ and ‘Best Customer Service During Covid-19’ at the Covid Response Awards 2021.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ Waley-Cohen, Sam. "Sam Waley-Cohen's Wikipedia page".
- ↑ "Core Equity Holdings". Core Equity Holdings. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Gold Cup-winner Waley-Cohen rides to £300m Portman Dental sale". Sky News. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ↑ "Portman Dental Care wins Outstanding Business of the Year (more than 25 employees) at this year's Dental Industry Awards". Twitter. 5 November 2020.
- ↑ "Andrea Ubhi chats with Sam Waley-Cohen". Dentistry. 27 June 2020.
- ↑ "Next steps for Portman". Dentistry. 4 Feb 2022.
- ↑ "Summer smiles: Portman Smile Clinic grand opening". Hankham News. 8 Aug 2019.
- ↑ "Portman Dental Care Acquires The Dental Surgery". Dental Review News. 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "BVCA Management Team Awards". British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.
- ↑ "Dental Industry Awards 2020". Twitter. 5 Nov 2020.
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