I’m not talking about the presents and gifts we’ve all sent out over the Christmas period from Amazon.com etc, but rather an observation on the sheer size of the annual reports that we now produce and the poor postmen who are tasked to deliver them. It’s also a concern of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) [...]

We are proud to shout out that two Annual Reports we’ve worked on recently have been awarded GOLD and BRONZE at the EPRA awards 2010. These are British Land and Grainger. The awards reflect the degree of consistency and transparency in corporate reporting of these Annual Reports. Congratulations to us and to our clients… It’s [...]

Many companies see their annual report as an opportunity to build their corporate reputation, reach a wider group of stakeholders, and showcase their company to the wide world – customers, prospects, staff, partners and their local community. Since it can be viewed as a marketing tool for consumers, as well as investors, an annual report [...]

Delighted. Thrilled. Over the moon. Likemind client TUI Travel plc was this evening announced by the Strategic Planning Society as the winner of their ‘Best Online Annual Reporting By A FTSE 100 Company’ award. We’re pretty chuffed for our client, as you’d expect. The judges thought the report rocked (‘the most usable to the greatest [...]

And now for something controversial – is 7% a statistically significant number? Over the last 12 months, seven FTSE100 companies (five in the top quartile) have moved away from producing any sort of HTML-based Annual Report or Annual Review and SFS, relying on pdfs to do the job. At the same time, some companies in [...]

My English literature teacher used to talk a lot about ‘rhythm’. Mr Young had seen Hendrix play at the Isle of Wight, and was very much of that generation. But, interestingly, amazingly perhaps, as a class of students we never laughed at him when, as we finished reading a piece of prose or poetry, we [...]