Orchard Funding Company, a finance company specialising in the insurance premium finance market, has been listed on AIM since 2015. It has been profitable and paid dividends in each year of its listing.

Eleco plc is an AIM-listed (AIM: ELCO) specialist international provider of software and related services to the built environment through its operating brands Elecosoft, BestOutcome, PEMAC, Vertical Digital and Veeuze from centres of excellence in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Australia and the USA.

The Company’s software solutions are trusted by international customers and used throughout the building lifecycle from early planning and design stages to construction, interior fit out, asset management and facilities management to support project management, estimation, visualisation, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and property management.

The Group’s strategy is to build on its established and leading position in the built environment through a combination of organic and inorganic growth. Executing on the strategy involves meeting the increasing challenges of companies in the construction and built environment sectors who are moving towards digitalisation and more efficient and sustainable building methodologies. Eleco’s software is crucial in improving decision-making, driving productivity and better planning of resources. Operating in such an attractive expanding market gives the Group an excellent opportunity to leverage its market position, strengthen its platform and drive organic growth.

Eleco’s vision is to create certainty for the built environment by being the trusted technology partner to all stakeholders, which is especially important in sustaining its growth ambitions in the current economic climate.

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