The average online annual report is moving rapidly from a basic downloadable PDF to a format that provides a richer online experience. Broadly speaking there are three ways to take your online reporting forward, the most appropriate option for you depends on how advanced you consider your online communications should be. Read More

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the art (and science) of making a particular website as search engine-friendly as possible, such that it appears higher up in the search engine results pages, and stands out more than the competition. Read More

The oil & gas sector has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years, in terms of both the number and value of the companies in the sector. For all but the megacap's this has increased the importance of their online communications, with investors wanting to find a broad range of information in a variety of formats. Read More

The introduction of new regulations on website content for AIM listed companies has increased the focus on online communication with investors. Many companies, both main market and AIM, are taking this opportunity to review their investor websites, aiming to go further than the basic legislative requirements.
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With corporate reporting hitting the headlines on a regular basis as a whole swathe of changes in legislation come through, many companies are looking for guidance on how best to put the new narrative reporting requirements into practice.  This article looks at how we tackled some of these for the clients short listed for the IRS awards. Read More

Three out of the four annual reports shortlisted for the 2006 Investor Relations Society’s (IRS) award for SmallCap companies were designed by Emperor. Read More

Emperor analysed all the December 05 year-end annual reports of companies in the FTSE 100 index.  Read More

For newly listed companies, the UK Listing Authorities continuing obligations mean that annual reports take on a greater significance than ever before. Read More