The Square Peg International award for:

Best Overall Strategic Value Added by a FTSE250 Company

Jenny Peters, Premier Farnell, and Phoebe Dunn, Square Peg InternationalHalma plc
Northumbrian Water Group plc
PartyGaming plc
Premier Farnell plc

Adding strategic value in an Annual Report is much more of a challenge for FTSE250 companies than it is for FTSE100 companies. Experience indicates that the larger capitalised company is often better able to allocate the resources required to construct an effective narrative to articulate its strategic thinking, strategic management and strategic capability effectively to the widest group of stakeholders.

Premier Farnell is a mid-cap FTSE250 with a capitalisation of just over £1 billion. This makes its singular achievement of adding more strategic value than any other FTSE250 company in this reporting cycle that much more commendable.

The judges commented that Premier Farnell excites with the evident depth of its strategic thinking and with compelling evidence of its capacity for good strategic management. Even though there are one or two limitations, these were not enough to wrest the top slot from PFL this year.

About Square Peg International

Square Peg International is a global boutique business consultancy, focused on change. We help leaders and their organisations manage transitions and deal with events that demand fast, effective change by providing the ‘integrating force’ between strategy leadership and people. Our clients include some of the world’s largest brands and we were recently recognised as Practice of The Year (under 30 consultants) by the UK Institute of Business Consulting (IBC). Our work supporting Birds Eye Iglo Group’s