The PRCA has extended the deadline for entries to its City & Financial Awards 2017. The later deadline is now 13 January at 5pm.

The PRCA City and Financial Awards are aimed at celebrating the best of the city and financial PR and communications industry, and are in support of the Company of PR Practitioners.

The City and Financial Awards now have 15 categories, with awards including ‘Best M&A or communications in support of a transaction’, ‘Best banking communications campaign’, ‘Best strategic communications or corporate brand campaign’, ‘In-house team of the year’, and ‘City agency of the year’.

The full list of categories can be viewed here.

Leading financial commentator David Buik will compere a prestigious black tie event which takes place on 22 February at the Merchant Taylors Hall in the City of London.

The City and Financial Awards is judged by some of the biggest names from the worlds of City leadership, communications and journalism. Winning a City & Financial Award recognises truly leading-edge PR work.

The judges include:

• Andrew Thomas, founder, Cravenhill Publishing
• Gavin Sullivan, acting group communications director, London Stock Exchange Group
• Donna Zurcher, managing partner, Instinctif Partners
• Steffan Williams, group managing director, Newgate Communications
• Stephen Doherty, global head of corporate communications, Barclays
• Neil Bennett, chief executive, Maitland
• Richard Campbell, managing partner, CNC
• Lisa Carr, director and partner, Lansons
• Kathryn Sutton, social media manager, Schroders
• Charlie Jack, partner, Hudson Sandler

Consultancies, in-house teams and individuals are all welcome to enter. To find out more, click here.

To view the full list of judges, click here.