1pm wins Company of the Year at Small Cap Awards

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1PM PLC

23 May 2014

 



23 May 2014

1PM PLC

(AIM: OPM)

1pm wins top awards at the second Annual Small Cap Awards Ceremony

and is named "Company of the Year"

1pm plc ("1pm" or "the Company"), the AIM listed specialist independent provider of finance facilities to the SME sector, is delighted to announce that at the second Annual Small Cap Awards held on Wednesday evening at The Grange St Paul's Hotel in The City of London, the Company won two awards including the most prestigious category "Company of the Year". Chief Executive, Maria Hampton and Finance Director, Helen Walker were also jointly awarded Small Cap Executive Director of the Year.

The Small Cap Awards, supported by The London Stock Exchange and ISDX, has established itself as a showcase for the best performing companies and individuals within the UK small-cap and micro-cap community (sub £100million market capitalisation), providing an opportunity to recognise outstanding achievement across a range of categories, including Fund Manager of the Year, Advisor of the Year, IPO of the Year and Company of the Year.

From a large initial list of nominees, a short list for each category was announced earlier this month, chosen by a judging panel led by Brian Basham, Chairman of Equity Development, with the winners of each category announced on the night. Winners were chosen for their success in demonstrating exceptional growth and performance over the past year based on the calendar 2013 period.

Commenting on 1pm's Awards success, Ian Smith, Chairman of 1pm said:

"These awards are deserved recognition of the Company's outstanding financial performance over the past two years, which has seen the business more than double in size, with a loan book now approaching £20million. This has been driven by the executive team, Maria Hampton and Helen Walker, supported by the entire staff and I am delighted to see their own hard work recognised by the judging panel, jointly winning "Executive Director of The Year"."  

Enquiries:

1pm plc	www.1pm.co.uk
Maria Hampton, CEO	0844 967 0944
Helen Walker, Finance Director	0844 967 0944
Winningtons Financial PR	0117 985 8989
Paul Vann/Tom Cooper	07768 807631
	[e-mail]

About 1pm:

The Company was admitted to AIM in August 2006.

1pm plc is an established independent finance company focused on providing SMEs with accessible funding to add value to their businesses.  All customers must have good credit histories and proven ability to repay their finance commitments.

1pm currently provides assets finance from £1,000 to £50,000 for a period of between 12 and 60 months and £1,000 to £25,000 for business loans (repaid over 3-36 months).

Mission Statement - 'Helping the UK economy grow by supporting SMEs'

More information is available on the Company website www.1pm.co.uk

 

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