PR Newswire Announced as International Communications Partner for IR Society Conference and Best Practice Awards 2016

LONDON, June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Global news distributor PR Newswire is nominated as International Communications Partner across The Investor Relations Society's (IR Society) Annual Conference in June and Best Practice Awards in November.

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Following on from a successful partnership at the IR Society's 2015 awards, the joint agreement brings together PR Newswire; the global leader in communications and marketing tools, and The Investor Relations Society; a professional body promoting best practice in investor relations in an overall partnership.

As International Communications Partner, PR Newswire will support the IR Society with all marketing communications for these events.

John Gollifer, General Manager, IR Society, commented:

'Effective communications are at the heart of investor relations. With this in mind, we are delighted to be working with PR Newswire, a member and partner of the IR Society, to extend our marketing reach around the Society's flagship events - the annual conference and the best practice awards.'

 "'We are proud to partner with The Investor Relations Society, the focal point for investor relations in the UK', said Alexandre Bykov, Director of Strategic Investor Relations, PR Newswire EMEA and India.

"We believe this partnership is a perfect fit for IROs that need to marry corporate communications and investor relations in order to have comprehensive engagements with stakeholders."

About The Investor Relations Society (IR Society) 

The Investor Relations Society (IR Society) is a membership organisation that exists to promote best practice investor relations in the UK and beyond. It is run by IR professionals for IR professionals.

Established in 1980, the IR Society's mission is to promote best practice in investor relations; to support the professional development of its members; to represent their views to regulatory bodies, the investment community and government; and to act as a forum for issuers and the investment community.

We have approximately 750 members from the UK, Europe and beyond, including representatives from most of the FTSE 100, a large number of FTSE 250 companies and a number of AIM and smaller companies, as well as IR advisors and service providers.

About PR Newswire Europe Ltd. 

PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.co.uk) is the global leader in innovative communications and marketing services that enable marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, investor relations officers and many more to leverage content to connect and engage with their target audiences globally, and drive demand across all channels. Having pioneered the commercial news distribution industry over 60 years ago, PR Newswire today provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimise and target content - from rich media microsites to high impact video to multimedia press releases - then distribute content and measure results across traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. 

Combining the world's largest multi-channel distribution network with the most comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire enables the world's businesses to drive demand and engage opportunity everywhere it exists.  PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, EMEA and APAC.

Media Contacts
Imogen Powell-Shaw
Marketing Manager EMEA and India
+44(0)20-7454-5335
imogen.powell-shaw@prnewswire.co.uk