LONDON, November 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

At last night's Investor Relations Society annual best practice awards dinner in the Pavilion at the Tower of London, the IR Society recognised those companies which have implemented an outstanding programme of corporate reporting in the last twelve months.

It was a great evening for real estate with Land Securities winning the highly coveted Most effective overall Annual Report (printed and online) award in the FTSE 100 class for the second year running, while British Land took Best corporate website - FTSE 100 and Best use of a website to communicate and support a company's investment proposition. Meanwhile, The Crown Estate walked away with the Best annual report by an unlisted entity prize.

Makinson Cowell's Bob Cowell was named as the inaugural winner of The IR Society Fellowship Award for significant contribution to the development of the investor relations profession.

Chairman of The Investor Relations Society, John Dawson said:

"What an excellent array of winners this year. Last year saw a high standard set and we are pleased to see that the bar has been raised even further in 2011. The purpose of the best practice awards is to continually drive up standards in investor communications and we will continue to deliver this objective into next year and beyond".

    Best Communication of strategy, performance and 
    KPIs in the annual report                             ARM Holdings
    Best communication of governance and risk in 
    the annual report                                     Tullow Oil
    Best communication of corporate responsibility 
    in the annual report                                  Xstrata
    Most improved annual report                           Pennon Group
    Best use of a website to communicate and support 
    a company's investment
    proposition                                           British Land
    Most effective use of innovative online 
    technology to support investor
    relations communications                              Wolters Kluwer
    Best corporate website - FTSE 100                     British Land
    Best corporate website - FTSE 250                     Catlin 
                                                          Go-Ahead Group                              
    Best corporate website - Small Cap & AIM              Trifast                                                   
    Best corporate website - International                New World Resources                         
    Most effective overall Annual Report 
    (printed and online) - FTSE 100                       Land Securities
    Most effective overall Annual Report 
    (printed and online) - FTSE 250                       Halfords Group
    Most effective overall Annual Report 
    (printed and online) - Small Cap & AIM                TT Electronics
    Most effective overall Annual Report 
    (printed and online) - International                  Wolters Kluwer
    Best annual report by an unlisted entity              The Crown Estate
    The IR Society Fellowship Award for significant 
    contribution to the development of the investor 
    relations profession                                  Bob Cowell

Notes for editors:

The Investor Relations Society represents members working for public companies to develop effective two way communication with the markets and create a level playing field for all investors. It has over 600 members drawn both from the UK and overseas, including the majority of the FTSE 100 and much of the FTSE 250.

http://www.irs.org.uk/

For further information contact:

The Investor Relations Society
Michael Mitchell - General Manager +44(0)20-7379-1763

SOURCE The Investor Relations Society