Engaging with a corporate audience has grown increasingly more complex and increasingly more important to the corporate and financial services industries. To honour the work of corporate communicators, the second-annual Corporate and Financial Awards recognise excellence in City communications.

The Corporate and Financial Awards is now open for entries for its 2013 programme. The awards provide an opportunity for staff, companies, agencies and beneficiaries alike, to see their efforts recognised and to celebrate excellence in all aspects of City communication.

"Corporate communications has changed over the past five years," founder of Communicate, Andrew Thomas, says. "No longer does the IR department speak only to investors and analysts, the corporate PR department engage only with financial journalists and the communications team talk only to stakeholders. Communications has undergone a transformation. Last year's CFA was the first and still the only event that recognises the convergence of the communications process and the importance of talking to the city and those who influence it with the same voice."

Winners will be the benchmark for City communications and will join a roster of award recipients including BP, Maersk, Centrica and Tesco. Entries are accepted for work between June 2011 and January 2013. Early entrants will receive a £100 discount and must be received by 14 February. The late deadline is 28 February.

For more information and to submit your entry, click here.

A full list of categories is as follows:

Specifics

Best corporate website


Best online corporate newsroom  


Best printed report (annual report, CSR, fact book etc.)


Best online report 


Best annual meeting


Best analyst/investor/press meetings

Best innovation

Campaign/Strategy


Best M&A/other transaction communications


Best crisis communications 

Best use of digital media


Best management of corporate & financial media relations


Best management of investor and analyst relations


Best ongoing communication with overseas investors and/or media


Best ongoing communication with UK stakeholders from an overseas company

Best evaluation of a communications campaign

People

Best in-house corporate and financial comms team


Best IR agency or consultancy