Tonight in London, the Corporate & Financial Awards celebrated successful financial communications in Europe.
Both agency and in-house communicators for the City and its influencers filled a room at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square for the opportunity to celebrate the industry’s most inspiring campaigns and projects.
Over the course of the night, 18 gold trophies were awarded in addition to the ‘Best in-house corporate and financial communications team’ and ‘Best IR agency or PR consultancy’ awards, which were given away towards the end of the ceremony to Amec Foster Wheeler and Lansons respectively.
Lansons was also awarded two golds on the night for its work with Co-op Bank and won a highly commended award for its work with unbiased.co.uk. When Co-op was at risk of going into receivership, reputation became a key concern. Lansons built a narrative around Co-op’s turnaround plan and the steps it took resulted in the bank’s survival and the continued loyalty of its customers.
VTB Capital also performed particularly well at the Corporate & Financial Awards, winning three golds for ‘Best meeting’, ‘Most innovative financial communications’ and ‘Best management of investor and analyst relations’. With its corporate communications strategy, VTB Capital has succeeded in forging new relationships and maintaining old ones at a very challenging time in the Russian investment industry. Other strong performers on the night include Lundquist, who also won three golds, and Radley Yeldar, who won two.
On 7 July, 300 people attended the fourth Corporate & Financial Awards, which were hosted by British business journalist Simon Jack, who currently features on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
Corporate & Financial Awards who won what
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Specifics
Best corporate website: FTSE 100
Gold - Anglo American and Investis
Silver - SABMiller plc and MSLGROUP
Best corporate website: FTSE 250
Gold - William Hill and Comprend
Silver - Jimmy Choo and Emperor
Silver - Lancashire Holdings and Black Sun
Bronze - BTG and MerchantCantos
Best corporate website: AIM/Small cap
Gold - Rame Energy plc and Jones and Palmer
Silver - Sweett Group and SampsonMay
Best corporate website: International/Unlisted
Gold - Edison and Liqid and Lundquist
Gold - Ingenico Group
Silver - Genesis Oil and Gas and Addison Group
Bronze - De Beers Group and Black Su
Highly commeneded - Autogrill and Message
Best printed report: FTSE 100
Gold - Aviva and MerchantCantos
Silver - Barclays and Fishburn
Silver - Sage and Black Sun
Bronze - Land Securities and MSLGROUP
Bronze - Lloyds Banking Group and MerchantCantos
Highly commended – Experian plc and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended - Hammerson and Black Sun
Best printed report: FTSE 250
Gold - TelecityGroup and Black Sun
Silver - Ocado Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze - Henderson and Black Sun
Bronze - Unite Group and Luminous
Highly commended - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended – Interserve plc and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended - Lancashire Holdings and Black Sun
Best printed report: International/Unlisted
Gold - Juventus and Lundquist
Silver - Royal London and Rare Corporate Design
Bronze - Cancer Research UK and Conran Design Group
Bronze - Pacific Basin Shipping Limited and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended - Ageas
Highly commended - KPMG and Radley Yeldar
Highly commended - Mazars and SampsonMay
Best printed report: AIM/Small cap
Gold - The Cambian Group and SampsonMay
Silver - Partnership Assurance Group and Radley Yeldar
Bronze - McColl's Retail Group and MerchantCantos
Bronze - Xchanging and MerchantCantos
Highly commended - Chemring and Emperor
Highly commended - Shepherd Neame and The Team
Best online report: FTSE 100
Gold - Vodafone and Radley Yeldar
Silver - AstraZeneca and Conran Design Group
Bronze - Rolls Royce and Conran Design Group
Highly commended - Compass Group and Conran Design Group
Highly commended - Land Securities and MSLGROUP
Highly commended - Legal & General plc and nexxar
Best online report: FTSE 250
Gold - Thomas Cook and Radley Yeldar
Silver - Inchcape and Black Sun
Bronze - Colt Group S.A. and Jones and Palmer
Bronze - Ocado Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended - Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc and Jones and Palmer
Best online report: International/Unlisted
Gold - Telecom Italia and Lundquist
Silver - BBVA and Comprend
Silver - De Beers Group and Black Sun
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Best meeting
Gold - VTB Capital
Most innovative financial communications
Gold - VTB Capital
Bronze - Puma Energy and MerchantCantosCampaign/Strategy
Best M&A communications
Bronze - Brookfield and Smithfield Consultants
Best IPO communications
Gold - Shawbrook Bank and Instinctif Partners
Silver - Mortgage Advice Bureau and MHP Communications
Bronze - Card Factory and MHP Communications
Highly commended - DFS, Emperor and FTI Consulting
Most effective crisis communications
Gold - Co-op Bank and Lansons
Best use of digital media
Gold - The Payments Council and Partners Andrews Aldridge and Engine
Silver - Tata Consultancy Services
Bronze – Revolution Bars Group and Instinctif Partners
Best management of corporate & financial media relations
Gold - Co-op Bank and Lansons
Silver - comparethemarket.com and Smithfield Consultants
Bronze - Begbies Traynor and MHP Communications
Bronze - Economist Intelligence Unit and Grayling
Highly commended - Scottish Widows and Cohn & Wolfe
Best management of investor and analyst relations
Gold - VTB Capital
Highly commended - Go-Ahead Group
Best communication with overseas investors and/or media
Silver - National Settlement Depository
Best evaluation of a communications campaign
Silver - JLT Employee Benefits and Smithfield Consultants
Highly commended – unbiased.co.uk and Lansons
Team
Best in-house corporate and financial communications team
Winner - Amec Foster Wheeler
Runner - National Settlement Depositary
Best IR agency or PR consultancy
Winner - Lansons
Runner up - MHP Communications
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The essential event for the corporate communications and investor relations community. Speakers include: Board Intelligence, Deloitte and Lloyds Banking Group.
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