The Corporate & Financial Awards shortlist has been revealed. The programme is the leading European celebration of outstanding financial communication strategies that target the City and its influencers. Stakeholder communications, both internally and externally, are a vital tool for the any sector; the awards recognise successful stakeholder relations.

This year’s shortlist is the most competitive yet, with both the reporting categories having six strong shortlists. Those shortlisted include Rexam plc, BG group and Thomas Cook. To view the full shortlist, click here: http://bit.ly/CFAshortlist. This year’s categories recognise successful campaign strategies, and consistent and successful communication through corporate websites and print reports to online newsrooms and digital media. Both Black Sun and Radley Yeldar were selected by the judging panel to be shortlisted in several categories this year.

Due to the event’s expansion, which parallels the UK economy’s restabilisation, the winners will be announced and celebrated in a larger venue this year – the Brewery in London on 15 July. Last year’s winners saw Travelodge and RLM Finsbury take home the Grand Prix award for their excellent management of the stakeholder relations crisis induced by Travelodge’s impending sale. The awards ceremony recognises excellence in the industry and is a unique opportunity to celebrate the good work being done by the best communications teams in the UK and Europe.

Andrew Thomas, founder of Cravenhill Publishing says, “The Corporate & Financial Awards recognise excellence in communications with the city and its influencers. This year’s shortlist reflects some of the best work in European stakeholder relations. As always corporate and financial communications gets better each year, but this year, the entries have upped their game. Thus, the competition for gold awards will be fierce and we are excited to announce the winners on 15 July.”