Emperor clients, Cairn Energy and Scottish Power, won top awards at the IRS best practice awards dinner yesterday, April 19 2007.

Cairn Energy won the award for Best Corporate Governance Report, commended for its clear language and well presented explanation of areas of non-compliance.  Winner of the Best Website - FTSE 100 companies, Scottish Power's well laid-out, attractive site scored highly, due to its clear navigation making key information very easy to find.

The IRS awards recognise those companies that lead the way in best practice investor communications and provide investor audiences with clear, timely and transparent information. http://www.irs.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=27&NewsID=181.  

Emperor clients also dominated the shortlist for the Best Annual Report - Small Cap category. Carter and Carter, Holidaybreak and Robert Wiseman were all nominated for the award.

Take a look at how the short listed companies tackled some of the key changes in corporate reporting requirements.