Friend

Friend (trading as Friend Studio) is a London agency focused on corporate reporting. Its specialists handle communications, branding and reporting, helping organisations explain their financial and sustainability performance to investors and other stakeholders.

Services

• Annual report design: writing and designing yearly reports for listed companies.
• Corporate and investor communications: wider material for shareholders and stakeholders.
• Sustainability reporting: support with sustainability disclosures and the new standards coming in.
• Research: studies of how private equity firms and listed companies communicate, including an index rating UK private equity houses on transparency and differentiation.
• Regulatory insight: tracking proposed changes to UK narrative and financial reporting.

Clients

It works with listed companies and private equity firms. Clients named on its site include Airtel Africa, Experian, Oakley Capital and Klöckner Pentaplast.

Key facts

• Based in: London, United Kingdom
• Focus: financial and sustainability reporting