Comprend acquires ReportWatch
Digital corporate communications agency Comprend, based in Stockholm and London, has acquired ReportWatch, the brand behind the annual survey and rating of annual reports – Annual Report on Annual Reports.
Comprend is the agency that founded Webranking - the global ranking of corporate websites based on stakeholder needs. Webranking and Annual Report on Annual Reports both started in the late 1990s with a mission to help companies improve their corporate communication. Throughout the years, the two rankings have evaluated corporate communication in two of the most important channels – the annual report and the corporate website.
Helping listed companies to communicate better, the annual report is an important product for our clients, and therefore also for us. When the opportunity to acquire ReportWatch from the previous owner e-com arose, we saw a perfect match. Researching the stakeholder needs for both annual reports and corporate websites will help our clients in understanding their stakeholders, and it will help us in being able to push our clients to constant improvements in their communications.
“During the last decade, annual reports have become an almost entirely online entity,”
agree Staffan Lindgren (Comprend CEO) and Mike Guillaume (e-com MD).
This year’s Annual Report on Annual Reports will be a joint project between e-com and Comprend.
For more information please contact:
Staffan Lindgren, CEO Comprend
staffan.lindgren@comprend.com
+46 70 971 12 12
About Comprend
We are digital corporate communications experts. We believe in creating stronger and more engaging digital solutions for listed companies and larger organisations in Sweden, the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
We combine knowledge and thought leadership in corporate communication with digital skills. Together with our clients we help them to communicate better.
About e-Com
e-com specializes in report input, evaluation, analysis and benchmarking to make reports pay off. e-com has developed an international, independent, integrated, content-based and competitive approach to assess and compare annual reports as well as other investor information and market communication vehicles.
Founders, staff and network have operated in 30 countries and consulted for about 200 corporate clients on more than 500 reporting operations and customized reviews, from Amsterdam to Tokyo, Stockholm to Vancouver; from Greater London to Illinois to Hong Kong. Customers are CFOs, IR officers, CC managers, report teams of listed companies.
A spin-off from The Enterprise Group (inc. 1990, liq. 1999), e-com is incorporated in the U.S. with the head office in London. The company is independent and not affiliated with any institution or professional organization.
About the deal
Now that an agreement has been signed, the two companies will remain independent. However, they have agreed on possibilities of mutually beneficial expert advice.
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