Close Invoice Finance shortlisted for another award

30/10/2008

Close Invoice Finance has made the shortlist for the 'Best small business IT strategy' category in this year's Computing Awards.

The company launched a new invoice discounting facility in March 2007 after extensive market research and user feedback. The company is in the running to win the award because it has saved an estimated 1.6 million sheets of paper by converting to electronic-only administration.

Close Invoice Finance is used to winning awards. In 2006, the company was declared Best Factoring & Invoice Discounting Provider for the second time at the prestigious Business Moneyfacts Awards 2006.

At the time, the CEO, David Thomson, said: "I am delighted for the whole team. The company has been through significant change and development over the last couple of years and winning such an important award reflects the hard work of everyone involved. I'm sure that this will prove to be a strong foundation for the business to continue to go from strength to strength.

"When you start to bring change management into any business as we did a couple of years ago, its always slow burn. What we have effectively done is shock treat the business, changing the Board structure, repositioning the senior management teams, knocking down the barriers and making everything inter-related right across the CIF brand."