Celebrating 30 Years in Business

 

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Celebrating 30 years in business… and what a journey it’s been!

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The team at FPM (now trading as AAB) are thrilled to be celebrating 30 years in business on Thursday 19th August 2021, and extend sincere thanks to current and former staff, clients and all those who have been part of their story so far. As FPM marks this momentous milestone, they have taken this opportunity to look back on how it all started and how far they’ve come…

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The Birth of FPM

Feargal Padraig McCormack founded FPM in August 1991 at 98 Hill Street, Newry with a part-time secretary, Catherine Hillen (Kate), who remains part of Team AAB to this day, as their longest serving employee.

With his lifetime motto, “I don’t care how much you know until, I know how much you care”, Feargal has shaped FPM’s culture to center around “Caring and Serving” clients, colleagues, and the local community.

Reflecting on the past 30 years, FPM Founder and Managing Director, Feargal McCormack says:

“From the beginning, FPM focused on being an innovative and enthusiastic champion of change, committed to making a difference to the lives of our clients and the communities in which we serve, with a passion for our planet, by satisfying today’s needs without endangering future generations.

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Who We Are, Today

Feargal continues,

“While our firm has grown significantly, we remain true to our original caring ethos. We focus on building long-term partnerships with clients and we measure our success on how we help them to achieve their professional and personal financial objectives, along with lifetime aspirations and dreams.”

Today, as it celebrates 30 years supporting business, FPM has grown into a multi-award-winning accountancy and business consultancy practice, recognised as a leading independent cross-border firm on the Island of Ireland.

Team FPM, led by 10 equity directors, boasts a competent and energetic workforce of 120+ business advisors operating from the firm’s Newry Headquarters and 5 offices across Ireland, north and south. Clients include many of the most prestigious businesses on the Island of Ireland.

Since the firm’s 25th anniversary in 2016, FPM has picked up some of the highest accolades business has to offer, including:

• 2020 Irish Accountancy Awards Large Practice of the Year
• 2019 British Accountancy Awards Mid-Tier Firm of the Year
• 2019 Sunday Times Top 100 Small Companies to Work For (placed 1st in Northern Ireland and 27th in the UK overall)

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Looking to the Future

While we reflect on the past 30 years, our primary focus is set firmly on the future.

People and Culture Director, Teresa Campbell adds:

“This year marks three decades of growth, achievements and lessons learnt. In reaching this point, we owe everything to our strongest asset, our people. I am constantly in awe of the talent that our FPM team has to offer and am really excited as we prepare to welcome seven new trainees later this month.”

As we look forward and celebrate, we say “Thank You” to all of our customers and co-workers, both past and present, without whom none of this would have been possible.

Extending thanks to past and present customers and co-workers, Feargal states:

“I am extremely proud of everything that Team FPM has achieved and grateful to our clients who have made our journey to date so exciting. Looking to the future, we are confident, that FPM will continue to be a progressive and outward-looking organisation, dynamically engaged with its many constituencies and driven by a vision and passion, not just for itself, but for the communities it serves.”

Here’s to the next 30 years!