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Over the last 10 years, eFM has supported growing companies by providing financial management services on a flexible payment platform. Our range of services includes the following:
•A scalable pay as you go finance function for early stage companies.
•A financial management monitoring and evaluation service for companies who are in difficulties
•Additional support during peak business periods when existing resource may be overstretched
•Project based financial management support
•Financial management support at all levels from bookkeeper to financial director e-FM provides financial management services, including financial reporting.
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2000
•FOUNDED COMPANY AND STARTED TRADING IN FEBRUARY.
•RAISED £200,000 ANGEL INVESTMENT
•RECEIVED FIRST CHEQUE FROM CLIENT AFTER 2 MONTHS.
•HIRED FIRST STAFF MEMBER
•WEBSITE WAS LIVE AT WWW.E-FINANCIAL-MANAGEMENT.COM
•ACHIEVED £175,000 REVENUE IN 1ST TRADING PERIOD 2001
•MOVED TO A LARGER OFFICE DUE TO INCREASING HEAD COUNT
•APPEARED IN FIRST NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
•LAUNCHED OUR ONLINE ACCOUNTING PRESENCE.
•WON RISING STARS ‘NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR’ AWARD 2001.
•IN THE NEWS- EFM WAS FEATURED IN THE NORTHAMPTON JOURNAL – THE OU CONSULT EFM ON NEW PROJECT
2002
•MOVED TO ANOTHER NEW OFFICE DUE TO MORE GROWTH WITHIN THE COMPANY
2003
•MOVED YET AGAIN TO CURRENT OFFICE LOCATION DUE TO EXPANSION
•PREPARED AND DELIVERED A ‘FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCE’ COURSE TO 15 MDs WITH THE ‘KNOWLEDGE NETWORK’ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
•HELPED LAUNCH AND SPEAK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE B3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME – ONE OF THE ONLY SPEAKERS TO BE INVITED EVERY YEAR SINCE.
•INVITED AS GUEST JUDGE FOR BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
2004
•OPENED OUR SECOND REGIONAL OFFICE IN NEWCASTLE.
•INVITED TO JOIN BOARD OF LUTON CITY GROWTH BUSINESS LED REGENERATION PROJECT (BACKED BY EEDA)
•PARTICIPATED IN BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ON CLIENT CARE- RESULTS FROM RESPONDENTS SHOWED CLIENTS WERE HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE
•PARTICIPATED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT OPEN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI EVENT ON E-COMMERCE ‘JOURNEY FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY’
2005
•EFM INVESTS IN I.T. SUPPLIER ‘I.T. INSIDE OUT’.
•HELPED MK ENTERPRISE HUB AND UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE DELIVER DREAM MAKER SESSIONS ( HELPING ENTREPRENEURS BUILD IDEAS INTO REALITY)
•INVITED TO WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP TO SEE HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT SMEs GROW AND MEET ECONOMIC TARGETS OF 50,000 NEW JOBS IN THE REGION
2006
•JOINED/ HELPED LAUNCH SPARC- A MILTON KEYNES TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED FORUM
•KEY PARTICIPANT IN PODCAST FOR MICROSOFT ON CASHFLOW MANAGEMENT FOR SMEs.
•REPAYMENT OF NORTH EAST COMPANY SET UP LOAN
2007
•RECORDED A TURNOVER OF £1MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME
•WON THE ‘RISING STARS’ SMALL/MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2007 AT THE BEDS & LUTON BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS
•OPENED TWO ADDITIONAL REGIONAL OFFICES IN MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
•COMPLETED SHARE BUY BACK OF SOME FOUNDER SHAREHOLDERS AT A VALUE OF 50 TIMES THEIR ORIGINAL INVESTMENT
•FEATURED IN THE VENTURER MAGAZINE- IDENTIFYING RELIABLE SERVICE PROVIDERS (OUTSOURCING AS AN ISSUE)
•FEATURED IN THE NORTH EAST JOURNAL ‘ONLINE BANKING- LEADING EDGE’
2008
•WAS ASKED TO BE KEYNOTE FINANCE SPAKER FOR JUDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE IGNITE SUMMER SCHOOL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME.
•STARTED THE DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTION OF OUR NEWSLETTER ‘ RESOURCE, INSOURCE AND OUTSOURCE’
•REBRANDED WEBSITE AND CHANGED DOMAIN NAME TO WWW.EFM.UK.COM
•HELPED CAMPUS LUTON LAUNCH INAUGURAL ICT DIPLOMA AND GAVE A LECTURE TO STUDENTS ON USE OF IT IN BUSINESS
•FEATURED IN CRAINS MANCHESTER REVIEW ‘ BEWARE THE TROJAN HORSE- CASHFLOW MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES’
2009
•PAID FIRST DIVIDEND TO SHAREHOLDERS AT 2P PER SHARE.
•RECORD RESULTS- 1.3M TURNOVER- ALMOST 30% COMPOUNDED GROWTH SINCE OUR FIRST YEAR.
•GOT NOMINATED FOR BARCLAYS ‘BRITAIN’S BEST LOCAL BUSINESS’
•FEATURED IN FOCUS BUSINESS MAGAZINE OFFERING ADVICE ON OUTSOURCING ADMIN’
•DELIVERED SEMINARS ON MANAGING THE CREDIT CRUNCH AT MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY AND SHEFFIELD INCUBATOR
•DELIVERED A CREDIT CONTROL COURSE ON ‘COLLECTING CASH BY PHONE’
2010
•10TH ANNNIVERSARY OF TRADING Back to News