Having been rewarding best practice in cross-sector City communications for over a decade, the Corporate & Financial Awards now enters its thirteenth year. In today's competitive landscape, the challenges corporate communications faces have only persisted as the sector has evolved. For communicators and those that influence the City, the programme offers recognition of quality across corporate communications.

The evening’s awards ceremony brought together an inspiring array of work from across sectors, each contributing to a dynamic and ever-evolving field. Held at the glittering Park Plaza Riverbank hotel, the Corporate & Financial Awards opened by celebrating the City's innovative digital initiatives, with categories like 'Best Corporate Website' for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies spotlighting fierce competition for a cutting-edge online presence.

As always, the evening was preceding by a meticulous judging process from our prestigious panel of 20 industry experts; each winning project was chosen for its depth, creativity and bold innovation. In the crowning moment of the night, Communicate magazine's prestigious 'Annual report of the year' award went to Dowlais Group plc and Black Sun Global for work that marked the exciting debut of the brand while emphasising its commitment to impactful engineering. 

The Corporate & Financial Awards 2024 winners list is as follows:

 

WEBSITE

Best corporate website – FTSE 100

Gold – RS Group plc and SampsonMay

Silver – Melrose Industries PLC and SampsonMay

Silver – Mondi Group and Emperor

Bronze – Centrica and Comprend

Bronze – Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Emperor

 

Best corporate website – FTSE 250

Gold – Kier Group and Design Portfolio

Silver – Pets at Home and Emperor

Bronze – Apax Global Alpha and Bladonmore

Highly commended – Eurowag and Design Portfolio

 

Best corporate website – AIM

Gold – Star Energy Group plc and CKD

Silver – Savannah Energy

 

Best corporate website – Small cap

Gold – Topps Group and Jones and Palmer

Silver – Ecora Resources and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer

 

Best corporate website – International

Gold – AtkinsRéalis and IDX

Gold – Autoliv and IDX

Silver – Tikehau Capital and IDX

Bronze – Global Infrastructure Partners and Radstone

 

Best corporate website – Unlisted

Gold – Native Residential and SampsonMay

Silver – iOnctura and three thirty studio

Bronze – Apollo Therapeutics and Copia Digital

 

REPORTING

Best printed report – FTSE 100

Gold – Intertek Group and Emperor

Gold – Marks and Spencers Group plc with Brunswick Creative

Silver – Burberry and Black Sun Global

Bronze – Bunzl and Conran Design Group

Bronze – Diageo plc and Black Sun Global

Highly commended – Spirax Group and Design Portfolio

Highly commended – Taylor Wimpey plc and Friend Studio

 

Best printed report – FTSE 250

Gold – Dowlais Group plc and Black Sun Global

Silver – Balfour Beatty and Design Portfolio

Silver – Keller Group and Emperor

Bronze – Britvic and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Tate & Lyle and Conran Design Group

Highly commended – Derwent London and Emperor

Highly commended – Rathbones Group plc and Brunswick Creative

 

Best printed report – AIM

Gold – Renew Holdings plc and Design Portfolio

Silver – Yu Group plc and Design Portfolio

Bronze – YouGov plc and Jones and Palmer

Highly commended – NWF Group plc and Design Portfolio

Highly commended – Savannah Energy

 

Best printed report – Small cap

Gold – Luceco plc and Lyonsbennett

Gold – Zotefoams plc and Friend Studio

Silver – TT Electronics and Conran Design Group

Bronze – Impact Healthcare REIT and Lyonsbennett

Bronze – MJ Gleeson plc and Jones and Palmer

Bronze –  S4 Capital and Radley Yeldar

Highly commended – ASA International and Emperor

 

Best printed report – International

Gold – Ahold Delhaize and Radley Yeldar

Gold – Sandoz and Emperor

Silver – ACWA Power and Fanda Corporate Communications Ltd

Silver – Burjeel Holdings PLC and Fanda Corporate Communications Ltd

Bronze – KazMunayGas (KMG) and Fanda Corporate Communications Ltd

 

Best printed report – Unlisted

Gold – Frontier Agriculture Limited and CooperNixon CorpComms and Frances Herrod Design

Silver – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners

Bronze – Kantar and Friend Studio

Bronze – The Pension Protection Fund and Emperor

 

Best online report – FTSE 100

Gold – BT Group and Emperor

Silver – Informa and Luminous

Silver – Legal & General and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – United Utilities Group PLC and Jones and Palmer

 

Best online report – FTSE 250

Gold – Oakley Capital Investments and Friend Studio

Silver – Coats

Silver – PPHE and Luminous

Bronze – Workspace Group and Gather

 

Best online report – Small cap

Gold – Severfield plc and Jones and Palmer

Bronze – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer

Bronze – Henry Boot plc and Jones and Palmer

 

Best online report – International

Gold – Banco Santander and Bestiario

Silver – ACWA Power and Fanda Corporate Communications Ltd

Silver – Ahold Delhaize and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – Sandoz and Emperor

 

Best online report – Unlisted

Gold – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners

 

Best printed CSR or ESG report

Gold – Dowlais Group plc and Black Sun Global

Gold – Smiths Group and Conran Design Group

Silver – RS Group and Conran Design Group

Bronze – Mondi Group and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Phoenix Group and Emperor

Highly commended – Haleon plc and Design Bridge and Partners

 

Best online CSR or ESG report

Gold – United Airlines and Brunswick Creative

Silver – Antofagasta plc and Black Sun Global

Silver – Savannah Energy

Bronze – Marks and Spencers Group plc with Brunswick Creative

Bronze – Prudential plc and Black Sun Global

 

Best diversity and inclusion reporting

Silver – Mondi Group and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Legal & General and Design Bridge and Partners

 

Best integrated report

Gold – Mondi Group and Design Portfolio

Silver – Helios Towers and Emperor

Silver – UniCredit and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – Holcim ltd

 

CREATIVITY

Best cover

Gold – Howdens and Emperor

Silver – Balfour Beatty and Design Portfolio

Silver – HSBC and Design Bridge and Partners

Bronze – Britvic and Design Portfolio

Bronze – Legal & General and Design Bridge and Partners

Bronze – Workspace Group and Gather

 

Best copy style or tone of voice

Gold – Howdens and Emperor

Silver – Legal & General and Design Bridge and Partners

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Best IPO communications

Gold – Athens International Airport

Silver – Air Astana and Instinctif Partners

Bronze – Raspberry Pi Holdings plc and Alma Strategic Communications

 

Best use of digital media

Silver – Workspace Group and Gather

 

Most innovative financial communications

Gold – Oakley Capital Investments and Friend Studio

 

STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT

Best management of corporate and financial media relations

Gold – RELX

Bronze – Fincantieri

 

Best event

Gold – Hunting and Gather

Silver – Smiths Group

Bronze – McBride and Instinctif Partners

 

TEAM

In-house corporate and financial communications team of the year

Winner – RELX

Finalist – Coats

Finalist – Playtech

Finalist – Schroders

 

Agency or consultancy of the year

Winner – Cognito

Finalist – CKD

 

GRAND ACCOLADE

Annual report of the year

Winner – Dowlais Group plc and Black Sun Global