David & Barbara Naisby
Black Isle Dental Studio Mounteagle Road, Culbokie, Ross-shire, IV7 8GY
0844 387 8882
Barbara and David Naisby hail from Sunderland and have in fact been an item since they were 15 years old (some sort of record I think). Friends of theirs moved from Sunderland to Muir of Ord and they felt their friends had got a much better quality of life so they decided to up sticks and move while they could. Within 3 months the house and the business were sold and in august 1988 David joined a practice in Hilton, Inverness.
This practice was 100% NHS business and the pressures of seeing 35-40 appointments a day took its toll on David who then had to take a step back from the business in 2000. At about the same time, Barbara went on a Dental Entrepreneurs course and was introduced to two mentors who helped them change the path of their business.
David retrained as a dentist providing high quality private dental care. And for those of you that think there isn’t much difference between the two, think again – the treatments and the equipment vary greatly between NHS and private practices! They went through their Hilton customers and graded customers from A-D with A’s and B’s being their preferred clients. They then invited the best 1700 clients to join them at their new practice in the heart of the Black Isle.
