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Ahead of the Digital Impact Awards, Rebecca Pardon speaks with Clive Bidwell, strategy director at Friend Studio. He describes a shift toward fully digital, regulation-ready reporting: cleaner code, smarter workflows and annual reports designed for search engines, smartphones and AI rather than the printing press. Interviews for the Digital Impact Awards produced by Kinura.

New research reveals the general public places more trust in AI than both social media influencers and government.

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Associated British Foods faces protests at its AGM today (5 December) over alleged exploitation of workers making clothes for its discount fashion chain, Primark.
Tesco has been named the UK’s best FTSE 100 company when it comes to investor relations.
Sage Holdings has acquired Capital Precision for an undisclosed fee.
More companies than ever are embracing corporate responsibility reporting, a new study reveals.
Formal qualification launched for new entrants to internal communications.
Telling your investment story “pays off and out” according to a benchmarking study of annual reports.
  CEOs should not spend too much time influencing and managing the perceptions of external stakeholders, says a survey of the UK’s most prominent business leaders.
  Insurance group Aviva has seen its corporate website named the best at covering the full spectrum of stakeholder needs.
PR firms Bruswick Group and FD are the top financial PR firms for the year so far, acording to new research released by mergermarket.