Built by a practice owner, for practice owners.

I'm a Chartered Accountant, and I co-own an aesthetics practice in Maidenhead, Berkshire Aesthetics. A few years ago I sat down and properly reviewed every supplier invoice we had — the sort of thing an accountant can't leave alone. I compared prices across suppliers, renegotiated where I could, switched where I couldn't, and consolidated orders to hit volume breaks. The result: we cut our cost base by around 15% — with savings ranging from about 5% on some lines to nearly 50% on one.

But it took months of work. Spreadsheets, phone calls, asking colleagues what they paid, cross-referencing invoices line by line. Most practice owners don't have time for that. They're treating patients, managing staff, running a business. So they accept whatever price their rep quotes and hope it's fair.

And the pressure has only grown since. Wages and employer National Insurance rise every April whether the year was good or not; energy, insurance, indemnity, waste and software all renew on their own quiet schedule. Meanwhile patients are in their own squeeze — so putting fees up twice in a year is a fast way to find out how loyal loyalty is. That leaves one lever that doesn't cost your patients anything: what you pay for the things you buy anyway. It is also, not coincidentally, the lever the consolidators pull hardest.

The truth is, it usually isn't. The same product or service can vary widely in price from one practice to the next — we saw anything from a few percent to nearly half. Suppliers know what everyone pays. Practices don't. That information gap costs independent practices thousands every year.

SupplyIndex exists to close that gap — and to negotiate the best possible rates on your behalf, so you reduce your cost base and keep more of your money. Add what you paid or upload your invoices, and we'll show you exactly where you stand. Real prices from real practices — weighted, checked for outliers and anonymised.

And it's not just about benchmarking. We want to alert you when prices change, when suppliers run promotions, when there's a better deal available on something you already buy. The kind of procurement intelligence that large practice chains have entire teams for — delivered straight to your inbox.