So we expect to exit 2000 with about 28 or maybe 29 practices and a turnover probably approaching GBP12 million. We then expect to double again, within another 12 to 15 months. Our objective, certainly for the next 18 months, is very much focused on building the UK dental care business to a level where we are beginning to achieve a degree of national scale. But the business model that we're following does have applicability in Western Europe, although they are further developed than the UK as a dental care provider. So, as the model is proven and developed further in the UK, we should look at the opportunities for expansion in Europe.
Oasis is a fantastically stimulating challenge, because it's all about growth.
It's about a business that, in a sense, is breaking new barriers, in terms of taking a new proposition to a consumer market that, historically has tended to have a fairly negative view about dentistry. We believe that we can develop the proposition to be one of the more attractive health care services, in much the same way as many health care providers are now developing and taking advantage of greater consumer interest in spending more on their lifestyles and appearance. I think a lot of dentists have struggled financially in the NHS sector, particularly in recent years and have really felt that life as a dental practitioner was getting much harder. The ability to practice dentistry to a high level is diminishing because the range of treatment options that are available under the NHS are fewer and there is less opportunity to expand their skill sets. So I think there is a strong interest on the part of the practitioners to see an opportunity, not for just personal advance or financial advance, but also in terms of opportunities for professional development.