Business View Oceania - June 2023

23 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 6 SWANS VETER INARY SERV I CES Swan continued that she, her husband and their staffers are all quite chuffed to live in one of the loveliest spots on earth. As with real estate, having a good business can in part be down to location, location, location. “We live on a beautiful part of the coast,” she remarked. “It’s a very nice place to live to start with, so that’s very helpful.” As well, this isn’t a case of Siegfried, James and Tristan trying to hold down the veterinary fort at Skeldale House and be in three places at once. As Swan noted, having such a large practice with so many vets and the concomitant options and opportunities that entails means attracting both more customers and more staffers. “It means that there’s a lot of support for people,” she said. “And it also means that, with so many of us, the after-hours load is shared, so that’s attractive to people.” Many new veterinary practices end up shutting down prematurely, as they’re staffed by only a single overworked vet. But being such a big practice, that’s not a problem with Swan’s clinic, she noted. Swans Veterinary Services maintains a close relationship with Murdoch University. Located in Perth, the university is known for its prestigious veterinary school. Vets from the Swans’ clinic perform a lot of mentorial work for the university’s students. Swan herself, an adjunct clinical partner