Having produced financial reports for over 40 years we have seen trends come and go. Looking back some of the financial publications we have produced over the years, some as early as the 1960’s, you can see how financial reporting has evolved in a big way.
Early reports were only a handful of pages and when I joined the company 8 years ago the average Annual Report was around 40 to 50 pages. Today is a very different story – investor websites, online Annual Reports, modern legislation, the growing demand for more transparency and the development in accounting practices have meant that the manner in which Public Limited Companies communicate to the investment community needs imagination and strategic/tactical planning. The average Financial Annual Report is now 100-120 pages packed with strategic/forward looking information, Key Performance Indicators and IFRS accounting.
It is essential that an Investor or potential Investor can gain access to the correct and relevant information whether it is through an Investor Website or printed Annual Report and this means that Finance Directors, Company Secretaries and Investor Relations Managers around the world need to provide coherent and timely information through a variety of different media and this brings with it a large administrative headache.
At Jones and Palmer we have strategically positioned ourselves to be a total Investor Relations partner to our customers and the benefits are massive. One supplier for your Annual Report documentation and also your Investor Relations Website communications can add significant value and streamline the whole process.
Think of the time saved dealing with one project team that will populate all forms of media at the same time. No more dealing with a separate design agency, separate printer, separate website provider. No need to cross examine all your proofs to make sure all parties have been given the correct information to publish, as we will be responsible for doing just that.
Deal with a single Investor Relations partner to whom all data can be provided once, including all figures and numbers, pictures and logos, graphics and charts that can all be repurposed and utilised in a coherent, accurate and timely way.
Not to mention the cost savings by placing your online and printed Investor communications with Jones and Palmer. We don’t charge the extortionate agency fees for our work, and we won’t charge you twice over for printed and online Annual Report designs, providing we know at the start of the project that you are planning to have both a printed and online version. We will put together design concepts bearing both mediums in mind.
The services listed below are all provided by Jones and Palmer and are taken care of within our communications solutions:
- Project Management
- Creative design (both printed and online)
- Photography
- Art working
- Typesetting
- Proof reading
- Printing
- Mailing
- Website hosting
- Programming
- Web development
- and our very own online content management system that has been specifically designed for Investor Relations
We have the expertise, software and skills to provide a comprehensive and imaginative suite of communications media. Our solutions will not be diluted or disjoined and will give strong and coherent messaging adding significant value to any Public Limited Company - giving the investment community confidence and reason to invest.
This article was written by Jim Robinson (Head of Investor Relations Team). We welcome your feedback and thoughts and would love to hear any questions you have.
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Established in 1906, Jones and Palmer has, for the last 40 years, printed annual report and accounts for public listed companies and currently has over 150 plc clients. We are the UK’s largest on-site manufacturer of investor websites and printed annual reports.