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We are the absolute experts at understanding practice ownership because we’ve lived it ourselves.
I’ll be upfront with you—I haven’t owned a veterinary practice. But I have spent more than two decades building, owning and ultimately selling professional businesses in the dental profession, including founding a successful dental corporate group.
Over the years I’ve discovered something interesting. Whether you’re a vet, dentist, GP, accountant or lawyer, owning a professional practice comes with remarkably similar challenges. You’re responsible for your team, your clients, your patients, your cashflow and your reputation. You know what it’s like to wake at 3am thinking about payroll, staffing or the future of the business you’ve spent years building.
That’s why we often say we’re for practice owners, by practice owners. We don’t just understand the mechanics of selling a practice—we understand what it feels like to own one. That perspective shapes every conversation we have and every recommendation we make.
The one thing that makes us different from our competitors is we’ll always give you the advice you need to hear, not simply the advice that gets a listing.
I’m a Yorkshireman, and we have a reputation for calling a spade a spade. If I think it’s not the right time to sell, I’ll tell you. If I believe you could spend six or twelve months improving your practice and achieve a significantly better result, I’ll tell you that too. And if I genuinely think another path is better than selling altogether, we’ll have that conversation.
There are no hard sells, no artificial deadlines and no pressure.
Everything we do is guided by one simple philosophy: Selling Your Life’s Work – With Care™. That means taking the time to understand what’s right for you, your family, your team and your future—not simply focusing on completing another transaction.
We can make your life easier by being much more than a business broker.
Professional Practice Sales forms part of Professional Practice Advisory, meaning you’re supported by an experienced team with expertise across legal, accounting, finance, commercial property, marketing, technology and practice operations.
Whether you’re planning to sell in six months or six years, preparing your practice for market, reviewing your business structure, considering succession, seeking finance or simply looking for an independent sounding board, we’re here to help.
When the time does come to sell, we manage every stage of the process—from valuation and confidential marketing through to buyer qualification, negotiation and settlement—allowing you to stay focused on your patients, your team and running your practice.
Sometimes selling is the right answer. Sometimes it isn’t.
Our role is to help you make the right decision with confidence, because after all, you’re not just selling a business—you’re selling your life’s work.
Carl Burroughs is the Founder and Managing Director of Professional Practice Advisory and its brokerage division, Professional Practice Sales. Over more than 25 years he has personally owned, expanded and sold professional practices of his own, founded a dental corporate group, and advised hundreds of practice owners on growth, strategy and successful transitions. Today he brings that lived experience to owners across the veterinary, dental, medical, legal and accounting professions — because he believes you're not simply selling a business; you're selling your life's work. And that deserves to be done with care.
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