Corporate & Financial Awards 2026 winners revealed

Now in its fifteenth year, Communicate magazine’s annual programme recognises excellence across City communications, from corporate websites to investor relations.

Airtel Africa and Friend Studio claimed the evening’s grand accolade, ‘Annual report of the year’. Built digitally from the outset, their report gives investors and AI tools access to the same detailed information, with online, print and regulatory formats produced from a single source. The partnership also took gold for ‘Best use of artificial intelligence in corporate communications’.

Elsewhere, Vodafone and IDX won gold for ‘Best corporate website – FTSE 100’, replacing a fragmented digital presence with clearer storytelling and a video-led design. IDX was also named ‘Agency or consultancy of the year’.

Gold for ‘Best use of digital media’ went to dsm-firmenich and Brunswick Group. Their six-part film series, ‘The Progress Tour’, brought employee voices and innovation stories from six global locations to audiences inside and outside the business.

Meanwhile, Domino’s and Emperor were among the gold winners for ‘Best cover’, with a report whose proportions echoed a pizza box. Proof that financial communications can take their subject seriously while retaining some character.

The full Corporate & Financial Awards 2026 winners list follows: 

WEBSITE

 

Best Corporate Website – FTSE 100

Gold – Vodafone and IDX

Silver – IMI and SampsonMay

Bronze – Anglo American and IDX

Bronze – M&G and IDX

 

Best Corporate Website – FTSE 250

Gold – Caledonia Investments and three thirty studio

Gold – Harbour Energy and Design Portfolio

Silver – Pantheon International and TEAM LEWIS

Bronze – Foresight Group and Gather

 

Best Corporate Website – AIM

Gold – Volex and Jones + Palmer

 

Best Corporate Website – Small Cap

Gold – Norcros and Jones + Palmer

Silver – DFS and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Topps Group and Jones + Palmer

 

Best Corporate Website – International

Gold – ArcelorMittal and SampsonMay

Silver – RHR International and Radstone Group 

 

Best Corporate Website – Unlisted

Gold – Warburg Pincus Europe and Radstone Group

Bronze – TDR Capital and Friend Studio

 

REPORTING

 

Best Printed Report – FTSE 100

Gold – AstraZeneca and Design Bridge and Partners

Gold – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor

Silver – Entain and Radley Yeldar

Silver – Tesco and Conran Design Group

Silver – Vodafone and Conran Design Group

Bronze – Endeavour Mining and Gather

Bronze – Haleon and Conran Design Group

Bronze – LSEG and Design Bridge and Partners

 

Best Printed Report – FTSE 250

Gold – Derwent London and Emperor

Gold – Taylor Wimpey and Friend Studio

Silver – Dunelm Group and Gather

Silver – Rathbones and Brunswick Group

Silver – WPP and Design Bridge and Partners

Bronze – AJ Bell and TEAM LEWIS

Bronze – Oxford Instruments and Emperor

Bronze – Rightmove and Black Sun Global

 

Best Printed Report – AIM

Gold – Staffline Group and Carr Kamasa Design

Gold – TEN LIFESTYLE GROUP and Emperor

Silver – Personal Group and Emperor

Silver – YouGov and Jones + Palmer

Bronze – NWF Group and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Volex and Jones + Palmer  

 

Best Printed Report – Small Cap

Gold – Fevara and Emperor

Gold – Jupiter and Black Sun Global

Silver – Capita and Black Sun Global

Silver – Fuller, Smith & Turner and Emperor

Bronze – Applied Nutrition and Lyonsbennett

Bronze – Crest Nicholson and Friend Studio

Bronze – Henry Boot and Jones + Palmer

Bronze – Young & Co.’s Brewery and Radley Yeldar

 

Best Printed Report – International

Gold – HEINEKEN and Radley Yeldar

Gold – SANDOZ and Emperor

Silver – Ahold Delhaize and Radley Yeldar

Silver – Zabka Group and Luminous

Bronze – Air Astana and TEAM LEWIS

Bronze – Burjeel Holdings and Fanda

Bronze – Stolt-Nielsen and Black Sun Global  

 

Best Printed Report – Unlisted

Gold – The Very Group and Brunswick Group

Silver – Moneycorp and Brunswick Group

Silver – pladis and Brunswick Group

Bronze – Pension Insurance Corporation and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – Royal London and Black Sun Global

Bronze – Together and Black Sun Global

 

Best Online Report – FTSE 100

Gold – Airtel Africa and Friend Studio

Silver – BT Group and Emperor

Silver – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor

Bronze – Burberry and Black Sun Global

Bronze – United Utilities Group and Jones + Palmer

 

Best Online Report – FTSE 250

Gold – Oakley Capital Investments and Friend Studio

Bronze – Playtech and Jones + Palmer

 

Best Online Report – Small Cap

Gold –Zotefoams and Friend Studio

 

Best Online Report – International

Gold – Novo Holdings and Gather

Gold – Santander Bank and Bestiario Proyectos SL

Silver – Dubai Taxi Company and Fanda

Bronze – KazMunayGas and Fanda

Bronze – Salik and Fanda

 

Best Online Report – Unlisted

Gold – Novo Holdings and Gather

Silver – UK Power Networks and TEAM LEWIS

Bronze – OCTAPHARMA and CROSSLINE.TV

Bronze – Virgin Atlantic and CBG:together

 

Best Printed CSR or ESG Report

Gold – Aramco and TEAM LEWIS

Gold – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor

Silver – ALEC Holdings and Emperor

Silver – ASML and Radley Yeldar

Silver – Brookfield and Brunswick Group

Bronze – Standard Life and Emperor

Bronze – The Boots Group and Design Bridge and Partners

Bronze – Zabka Group and Luminous  

 

Best Online CSR or ESG Report

Gold – Heathrow Airport and Chaos Design

Gold – Tesco and Conran Design Group

Silver – ASML and Radley Yeldar

Silver – Associated British Foods and Black Sun Global

Silver – NatWest Group and Black Sun Global

Bronze – Modulaire Group and Black Sun Global

Bronze – Orion and Conran Design Group

 

Best Impact Report

Gold – The Boots Group and Design Bridge and Partners

Silver – Reckitt and Conran Design Group

 

Best Diversity and Inclusion Reporting

Gold – Standard Chartered and Black Sun Global

 

Best Integrated Report

Gold – United Utilities Group and Jones + Palmer

Silver – Anglo American

Silver – Zabka Group and Luminous

Bronze – Parkin and Emperor

Bronze – TAQA Group

 

CREATIVITY

 

Best Cover

Gold – Domino’s and Emperor

Gold – WPP and Design Bridge and Partners

Silver – Howden Joinery Group and Emperor

Silver – HSBC and Design Bridge and Partners

Silver – LSEG and Design Bridge and Partners  

Bronze – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor

Bronze – talabat and Emperor

 

Best Copy Style or Tone of Voice

Gold – Legal & General and Luminous

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Best IPO Communications

Gold– Verisure and Brunswick Group

 

Best Communication with Overseas Investors or Media

Gold– Verisure and Brunswick Group

 

Best Use of Digital Media

Gold – dsm-firmenich and Brunswick Group

Silver – Smiths

Bronze – Anglo American

Bronze – Compass Group and Brunswick Group

Bronze – UK Power Networks Services and TEAM LEWIS

 

Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in Corporate Communications

Gold – Airtel Africa and Friend Studio

Silver – Smiths

 

STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT

 

Best Management of Investor and Analyst Relations

Gold – Theon International

Silver – SDI Group and Vigo Consulting

 

Best Event

Gold – dsm-firmenich and Brunswick Group

Gold – Greatland Resources and Copia

Silver – Julius Bär and Brunswick Group

Bronze – Exponent Private Equity and The Why Agency

Bronze – Private equity firm and Brunswick Group

 

TEAM

 

Agency or Consultancy of the Year

Winner  – IDX

 

GRAND ACCOLADE

 

Annual report of the Year

Winner – Airtel Africa and Friend Studio