Pivotal Consulting was set up by Mike Stonebridge to provide business and financial support for small and medium sizes companies, based on his extensive experience of senior financial management in the engineering, IT and legal sectors over more than twenty five years.Services provided include the following areas:Accounts automation via MS Query & excel pivot tablesAcquisitionsBalanced ScorecardBank presentationsBudgets and forecastsCash flow management Cloud computingCompetitor and supplier analysisCompliance for law firms and accounts rulesDatabase managementFinance director (one day a month or as required)Getting more out of ITLegal softwareLLP/Ltd conversionPreparing the business for sale or mergerProfitability analysisRisk AnalysisSage Cloud accountingSuccession planning

Member of the management team and instrumental in providing management information and other related services 3 days a week.

Key member of the management team and instrumental in providing management information, IT outsourcing, risk control, compliance and acquiring ten smaller practices. Introduced advanced excel reporting systems using MS Query and pivot tables to integrate with Axxia.

Established FaxBack Limited as the UK arm of FaxBack Inc who developed the automated fax response technology in conjunction with Intel Corporation. Systems installed and supported in the UK included Black Box, BT, Disney World, Macmillan Magazines, Mercury, Novell, Payne Hicks Beach, Racal, Sage, Sony, Yorkshire Post, Zeneca and others.

Establishment by acquisition of a quoted automotive engineering group. This included the establishment from grass roots of Dunair http://www.dunair.co.za the market leader for aftermarket automotive air-conditioners in South Africa for many years.