CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE AT THE CORPORATE & FINANCIAL AWARDS 2016
Excellence in corporate communications and financial relations was celebrated last night, at the fifth annual Corporate & Financial Awards. Held at the Brewery, Moorgate, the event welcomed delegates from a variety of companies and agencies, with many heading to work today having claimed the top prize for their category.
The Corporate & Financial Awards benchmark communications in the financial space, an area of business that continues to grow in standard year on year. With 2016 marking half a decade of Corporate & Financial Awards, the talent was high and the competition fierce.
Simon Jack, BBC business editor, was on-hand to provide the evening’s entertainment. Dealing out anecdotes and quick-fire quips, Jack made sure the delegates were entertained while a variety of guest presenters announced the winners of 23 categories, ranging from ‘Best online report,’ to ‘Most innovative financial communications.’
The recipients of the evening’s most coveted awards, ‘Best in-house corporate & financial communications team,’ and ‘Best IR agency or PR consultancy,’ were granted to historic company Rentokil Initial plc, and communications and reputation consultancy, Instinctif Partners, respectively. Runners up were named as Direct Line Group and RedLeaf Communications.
Judges praised the quality of the entries and the dedication each company had put in to achieving excellence in the financial and corporate communications and relations space.
Andrew Thomas, publishing editor of Communicate magazine, says, “The quality of the 2016 shortlist and winners meant the competition stepped up another gear from previous years. The amount of submissions prove how important financial media relations and corporate communications are to the City and its influencers – the Corporate & Financial Awards continue to demonstrate the importance of benchmarking these achievements.”
Conran Design Group, Radley Yeldar and Black Sun were among the agencies going home with the most awards, for their work with a variety of clients including Thomas Cook, Coats Group plc, and SUEK. In-house, VTB Capital scooped an impressive seven awards, while Provident Financial and Halfords Group plc were among the companies achieving two or more honours.
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The full list of winners is as follows:
BEST CORPORATE WEBSITE
FTSE 100
Gold – Informa plc and Comprend
Silver – Antofagasta and Emperor
Bronze – Provident Financial plc and Comprend
Highly commended – Anglo American and Investis
FTSE 250
Gold – SEGRO and Investis
Silver – Rentokil Initial plc and Investis
Bronze – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer
AIM/Small cap
Gold – Picton Property Income Ltd and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Enterprise Inns plc and Black Sun
Highly commended – Trifast plc and Jones and Palmer
International/unlisted
Gold – EuroChem Group AG and Instinctif Partners - content & creative
Silver – Pension Insurance Corporation and Emperor
BEST PRINTED REPORT
FTSE 100
Gold – ARM Holdings plc and Radley Yeldar
Silver – intu Properties plc and Conran Design Group
Silver – Provident Financial plc and Radley Yeldar
Bronze – The Sage Group and Black Sun
Bronze – WorldPay and Gather
Highly commended – Aviva plc and MerchantCantos
Highly commended – Experian plc and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended – Mondi and Radley Yeldar
FTSE 250
Gold – Hays plc and Conran Design Group
Gold – St. Modwen and Radley Yeldar
Silver – Berendsen and Radley Yeldar
Silver – The Go-Ahead Group and Black Sun
Bronze – Redrow plc and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended – Laird and Radley Yeldar
AIM/Small cap
Gold – IGas Energy and Carr Kamasa Design
Silver – McColl’s Retail Group plc and MerchantCantos
Bronze – Cambian Group plc and SampsonMay
Bronze – Coats Group plc and Conran Design Group
Highly commended – Premier Foods plc and Accrue Fulton
Highly commended – Skyepharma plc and Jones and Palmer
International/unlisted
Gold – De Beers Group of Companies and Conran Design Group
Silver – SUEK and Black Sun
Bronze – Cancer Research UK and Conran Design Group
Bronze – Temenos Group AG and Carr Kamasa Design
Highly commended – Channel Four Television Corporation and Emperor
Highly commended – EuroChem Group AG and Instinctif Partners - content & creative
BEST ONLINE REPORT
FTSE 100
Gold – Barclays plc and FleishmanHillard Fishburn
Silver – Legal & General Group plc and Addison Group
Bronze – AstraZeneca and Conran Design Group
Bronze – Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and Conran Design Group
FTSE 250
Gold – Ocado Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Silver – Inchcape and Black Sun
Silver – Thomas Cook and Radley Yeldar
Bronze – Playtech plc and Carr Kamasa Design
Highly commended – EVRAZ plc and Zebra Corporate Communications
Highly commended – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer
AIM/Small cap
Silver – Creston plc and Instinctif Partners
Silver – Flowtech Fluidpower plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Henry Boot plc and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended – Trifast plc and Jones and Palmer
International/unlisted
Gold – SUEK and Black Sun
Silver – AGCO Corporation and Instinctif Partners - content & creative
Silver – BBVA, SA and Comprend
Bronze – Norilsk Nickel and Zebra Corporate Communications
Bronze – Telecom Italia and H-ART
Highly commended – China Unicom and EQS
Highly commended – Peroni and Lundquist
Best online corporate newsroom
Gold – Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and TheNewsMarket
Best meeting
Gold – Cisco
Silver – VTB Capital (Talk Show with Richard Quest in the framework of VTB Capital Investment Forum RUSSIA CALLING! 2015)
Bronze – VTB Capital (Meeting with Investors at WEF in Davos)
Most innovative financial communications
Silver – VTB Capital
Best ipo communications
Gold – Aldermore Bank and FTI Consulting
Silver – Metro Bank and Lansons
Bronze – CYBG and FTI Consulting
Most effective crisis communications
Gold – Government of Bermuda and Cubitt Consulting
Silver – Direct Line Group
Highly commended – VTB Capital
Best management of corporate & financial media relations
Gold – Rentokil Initial plc
Silver – The Co-Operative Bank and Lansons
Bronze – Begbies Traynor and MHP Communications
Best management of investor & analyst relations
Gold – Corero Network Security plc and Redleaf Communications
Silver – Shawbrook Group and Instinctif Partners
Highly commended – VTB Capital
Best communication with overseas investors &/or media
Gold – Coats Group plc
Bronze – BVCA and Friend Studio
Bronze – VTB Capital
Best sustainability campaign
Gold – Peroni and Lundquist
Silver – Marks & Spencer plc and Friend Studio
Highly commended – VTB Capital
Best in-house corporate & financial communications team
Winner – Rentokil Initial plc
Runner up – Direct Line Group
Best IR agency or PR consultancy
Winner- Instinctif Partners
Runner up – RedLeaf Communications