A downturn puts a premium on good investor communication. This was a common theme behind the strategies pursued by the companies shortlisted for this year’s award, although most also faced specific challenges.
As a combined contractor and house-builder, Galliford Try has to explain its hybrid status to investors, while Smiths News, a distributor of newspapers and magazines, has to create a profile for itself alongside the better-known retailing operations of WH Smith, from which it demerged.
