Building on its business-to-business PR credentials, JBP launched a specialist, strategic and competitively priced financial and corporate communications service in 2006. Primarily targeted at small to medium sized companies already listed on a stockmarket or those looking to do an IPO, our wide ranging service is designed to:
- publicise the success of your business and attract investors;
- manage the reputation of your organisation in challenging times to maintain shareholder value;
- enhance understanding of your business amongst analysts and investors;
- build close relationships with the investment community;
- enable Board members to communicate effectively with and clearly to stakeholders.
Key services
Our full service corporate and financial communications offering includes:
- Corporate and financial media relations – from the announcement of major company developments and trading results to profiles of the business and senior board members
- Perceptions research – in-depth assessments of analysts, investors and financial media to measure understanding of your corporate strategy amongst the investment community and whether the right message is reaching the appropriate stakeholder
- Monitoring and intelligence gathering – from monitoring share ownership patterns and reaction to financial results, to providing advice on corporate governance and social responsibility issues
- Message development – to ensure communications and market information is tailored to the requirements of the financial community
- Relationship management with analysts and investors – from organising presentations to ongoing relationship building to increase sell side research coverage and enhance knowledge levels amongst buy side
- Annual report and brochure production - a complete design, copywriting, proof reading and print solution
- Media training - to ensure positive messaging to stakeholders and to manage sensitive questioning from the press
- Presentation development and training - from structuring a presentation, which captures the interest of the investment community, to a range of techniques to ensure you get your corporate messages across clearly and with confidence, thereby creating the right impression amongst key stakeholders including analysts, investors and employees
- Electronic communications – from applying best practice to the IR section of your website, including compliance with the FSA Rule 26, to developing innovative ways of communicating with your stakeholders, such as podcasting and webcasting
JBP’s financial and corporate communications credentials
JBP provides financial and corporate communications to a number of quoted companies including Swallowfield plc, Ultrasis plc and Green Compliance plc.
JBP is also the organiser of The South West Financial and Corporate Communications Awards, which celebrate best practice communications by both quoted companies (Main Market and AIM Markets) and fast growing private businesses with a turnover of £20m plus that are headquartered in the South West.
The awards ceremony, which is one of the major events in the regional business calendar has attracted high profile guest speakers, including Anthony Hilton, Financial Editor of the Evening Standard and Greg Wood, formerly presenter of Radio 4 Today programme.
JBP also organises an annual Financial Communications Forum attended by Financial Directors, which is designed to share best practice communications and investor relations.
