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“In October, we continued with our busy and action-packed autumn. Net sales increased further thanks to solid demand and a growth in capacity.
From the beginning of October we have already welcomed over 45 new Goforeans, so it is a busy time for recruitment. Success in recruitment is due to our unceasing and ambitious work for the benefit of the employee experience. These efforts were rewarded in November when Gofore was selected as the winner of the Employer Brand of the Year competition at the Recruitment Gala in
Activity on the customer front has also remained at a solid level. I am particularly excited about the expanded co-operation with DigiFinland. DigiFinland selected us and our subcontractor Ambientia as suppliers for the development and maintenance of DigiFinland's integration platform and integrations. The platform will be utilised in the future by services: “Omaolo” (social and health care service), “Sähköinen perhekeskus” (family services), “Suuntima”, “Sähköinen arkistointi” (electronic archiving) and “Päivystysapu 116117” (emergency assistance). The number of integrations will be growing in the future within DigiFinland services, so integration development will be centralised to a separate integration platform. The agreement also includes a two-year optional period, enabling the holistic development of DigiFinland's service integrations. The agreement will commence in December and its value is approximately
Through systematic efforts, we have sought to export our strong public sector expertise outside of Finland. As concerns this path, I would like to highlight our latest success in the tendering process for information security consultancy for Norad, the
In addition, in October we signed an agreement with the
In its monthly business reviews, Gofore publishes the net sales and the number of personnel for the month ended, along with the comparison figures. The reviews also contain other key indicators and a comparison of the key figures between different periods, which facilitates the monitoring of the company’s growth strategy. The featured figures include the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) overall capacity and the FTE figures for subcontracting. Furthermore, in connection with the business reviews for March and September, also EBITA, adjusted EBITA and EBITA, % for the quarter ending in that month, along with the comparison figures are published. Business reviews are published as soon as possible after the figures are confirmed at the beginning of the following month. The exception is the figures for January which are included in the financial statements release, and July figures, included in the half-year report.
Figures are unaudited.
The table is updated as the year progresses.
Month (2021) | Net sales, MEUR | Number of employees at end of period | Number of working days in | Overall capacity, FTE1 | Subcontracting, FTE2 |
October | 10.2 (8.7) | 827 | 21 (22) | 763 | 133 |
September | 10.4 (8.3) | 814 | 22 (22) | 757 | 119 |
August | 8.5 (5.6) | 803 | 22 (21) | 746 | 105 |
July | 2.7 (2.4) | 797 | 22 (23) | 746 | 38 |
June | 9.1 (6.1) | 803 | 21 (21) | 755 | 108 |
May | 8.8 (6.0) | 799 | 20 (19) | 755 | 109 |
April | 8.5 (6.4) | 791 | 20 (20) | 743 | 112 |
March | 9.7 (6.8) | 790 | 23 (22) | 735 | 118 |
February | 8.1 (5.9) | 736 | 20 (20) | 689 | 111 |
January | 7.5 (6.1) | 727 | 19 (21) | 679 | 109 |
Unless otherwise stated, the comparison figures in brackets refer to the corresponding period of the previous year. CCEA Oy’s figures have been consolidated with those of the
1 The overall capacity, FTE (Full Time Equivalent) figure shows the overall capacity of the Group's personnel, converted into a value corresponding to the number of full-time employees. The figure includes the entire personnel, regardless of their role. The figure is not affected by annual leave, time-off in lieu of overtime, sick leave or other short-term absences. Part-time agreements and other long-term deviations from normal working hours reduce the amount of overall capacity in comparison with the total number of employees.
2 The subcontracting, FTE (Full Time Equivalent) figure shows the overall amount of subcontracting used in invoiced work, converted into a value corresponding to the number of full-time employees.
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