TheAPEF agency in Tours, managed by Lannick Chenus, offers home assistance services: home maintenance, accompaniment by vehicle, help with meals... Essential services, provided mainly for the elderly, but also for working families.
Like many young service companies, APEF Tours was soon faced with a central challenge: keeping a tight rein on its financial flows, while managing the unexpected.
"We'd just gone through the Covid period, which turned treasuries upside down. I knew I needed a tool to monitor my finances, and even anticipate them."
Like many entrepreneurs, Lannick starts with an Excel spreadsheet.
"It was my first idea. But very quickly, a company manager warned me: 'You're going to spend more time correcting your table than using it.' He was right. As soon as one parameter changed, everything jumped."
With two bank accounts to keep track of, irregular income and frequent unexpected expenses, the need for centralization, clarity and flexibility became obvious. The solution had to be simple, visual, and agile enough to adapt to the reality on the ground.
This is where Fygr comes in. The tool quickly became part of Lannick's routine.
"Every morning, this is my ritual. It's the third thing I do after arriving: I open Fygr, look at my entries and exits, file them. It's become automatic.
Fygr also enables it to centralize its banking flows on a single interface.
"Rather than opening two separate banks, everything is aggregated automatically. At a glance, I can see what's happened. It clearly makes my day-to-day life easier."
But the tool goes further than simple tracking: it also enables analysis.
"I can detect discrepancies immediately. For example, I had budgeted €150 for telephony, and I realize that I'm at €300. I can react immediately."
Today, Lannick sums up Fygr in three words: "simplicity, ergonomics and value for money", and concludes:
"I wouldn't go back to Excel for the world. Fygr adapts to my needs. It's worth all the spreadsheets in the world."