Conference Programme 2026

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“What I wish I’d known”: Opening a practice, from the people who’ve done it

20 Nov 2026
Business Theatre
Thinking about opening a practice, or adding another site? Hear from practice owners who’ve opened their own clinics and have find out what they wish they’d known before.
In an honest discussion, owners and the specialists who supported them talk through the real story: how long it really took, which decisions they’d change, and the problems nobody warned them about.
 
Topics include funding and cash flow, finding and fitting out premises, getting IT and software right first time, and keeping stock and equipment running once the doors open.
 
Panellists include practice owners alongside experts from the Vet Practice Foundations network.
  • Finance that can be obtained
  • Information needed
Chairperson
Vanessa Waite, MA VetMB MRCVS CertAVP CertGPDI, Founder, Director & Head of Surgery - The Vet Station
Speakers
Ninad Shinde, CEO And Founder - Virtue Vets
Evelyn Maniaki - OceanPaws
Nick Sutherland - Sutherland Vets
John Greenshaw - Merlin Telecommunications
Nigel Crossman, associate director - Medifiance
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