News & views
See the latest updates, industry changes and expert insights related to mandatory digital reporting. You'll find useful tips on digitising, best practice guidance and news about the continual evolution of reporting.
Is your organisation prepared for the EU's new CbCR requirements?
While the EU’s directive has been in place for some time, the reporting requirements will be landing for many in the next twelve months. In this article, we explore why Country by Country Reporting (CbCR) has become a 'sleeper agent' for corporate reporting, who could be affected, and four practical steps to help organisations prepare for compliance before the first reporting deadline.
How does Reportl benefit our clients?
See how Reportl helps organisations create more engaging, accessible and efficient reports that deliver greater value for stakeholders and reporting teams, while making content AI-readable and future-ready.
Structured digital reporting - UK regulators look ahead
In May, the Financial Reporting Council published their 2025/6 insights report drawn from their review of thirty listed companies’ digital reports. The majority of the report looks back to the errors they found over the past year and provides clear guidance on how to address the risk of them arising.
White paper: Optimising reporting for AI
The rise of AI is transforming access to corporate information, revealing fundamental problems with traditional reporting design processes. As a result, business-critical annual and sustainability reporting information is not reaching readers as accurately as it should. A digital-first approach is the way to optimise AI searches.
IFRS 18: The impact for Reporting Agencies
Something that lies ahead for all UK and European listed companies is IFRS 18. Each listed company will need to address it in a wave of implementation activity in 2028 that will take just twelve months to pass through.
AI: Managing the Goldilocks problem
If you are a member of a Board or an executive management team, there’s a good chance you’ve already encountered the AI 'Goldilocks' problem at a management awayday or board strategy session. In this article, we explore how organisations can navigate this challenge and make annual reports more accessible and discoverable in the AI world.
Accessibility – transforming reporting for all your stakeholders (including AI)
In this article, we explore why accessibility compliance and AI are playing a key role in the transformation of corporate reporting. We explain how a mix of digital regulations and software innovation are helping to enhance reporting for all stakeholders, turning the difficult accessibility challenge into a significant AI-friendly advantage.
Read about how Accessibility is transforming reporting for all
Top awards signal the shift to AI-friendly digital reporting
The recent awards season has highlighted a crucial shift now underway in reporting . With most stakeholders now using AI, judges have recognised the many advantages of AI-optimised reporting. At Reportl, we are proud to enable this transformation in reporting.
High quality tagging meets AI-optimised annual reporting.
With digital reporting coming under ever-increasing scrutiny by both AI tools and the financial regulators, Reportl and ARKK are delighted to announce a partnership.
Why AI needs online reporting
With 75% of financial firms now using AI for analysis, the question isn’t whether AI is influencing investment decisions, it’s whether it’s doing so accurately. In this article, Rob Riche breaks down why PDFs are holding companies back, and why online reporting and iXBRL are now essential for trustworthy AI analysis.
The love story that's transforming reporting
AI, digital regulations and software innovation are reshaping reporting. This article summarises how AI's demand for trusted content sources is driving online ESEF reporting, and bringing many benefits for companies and their stakeholders.
Solving pain points with Reportl
At Reportl, we believe corporate reporting can be better for everyone. That’s why we’ve built powerful process automations designed to make your life easier and your reports more consistent, better controlled and efficient.
Digital reporting quality is under scrutiny.
Four years into the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) requirement, regulators are increasing their attention on quality. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has already signalled it will be writing to issuers to ask for explanations when problems are identified in their digital filings.
Provision 29: the quiet regulation
The FRC’s revised Corporate Governance Code includes a new rule – Provision 29 – that is poised to prompt UK listed companies to step up their governance and controls around the XBRL requirements for ESEF digital reporting.
Reportl: Transforming reporting
Corporate reporting is evolving fast, with companies shifting from print to digital-first formats that are more accessible, compliant, and engaging.
Oakley Capital Investments caps outstanding run with ‘Best innovation’ at the IR Society awards
Oakley Capital Investments (OCI) has made waves at the prestigious Investor Relations Society Best Practice Awards, taking home the award for the ‘Best innovation in IR’ in the mid-cap category for their groundbreaking digital-first report.
Discussion Paper: Opportunities for the future of digital reporting
This paper addresses changes in the regulatory landscape and considers the impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
Solving a 30-year-old design problem with new reporting software
Stakeholders and regulators now demand reports in multiple formats - PDF, print, online, and iXBRL. In this article, published in Communicate Magazine, Rob Riche explains how new digital design software is helping Friend Studio to transform its clients’ reporting and communications.
Oakley Capital Investments wins at the AIC awards
We’re proud to share the news that Oakley Capital Investments’ (OCI) pioneering digital-first report has won in the ‘Best Report and Accounts – Alternative’ category at the AIC Shareholder Communication Awards.
Oakley Capital Investments takes gold at the Digital Impact awards
Fresh from a recent win at the AIC (Association of Investment Companies) awards, we’re thrilled to announce that Oakley Capital Investments’ revolutionary digital-first report has won gold in the ‘Best use of digital to an investment audience’ category at the Digital Impact awards.
Financial Reporting Council: Structured digital reporting guidance
FRC research reveals how structured reporting is being used in practice and offers tips to help companies meet investor needs and enhance their reporting.
It's time to digitise your reporting
Digital reporting is now mandatory. Clive Bidwell, Strategy Director at Friend Studio, explores the opportunities that lie beyond the PDF.
Digital-first reporting has arrived, and is evolving fast
Digitisation has been slow to emerge in corporate reporting, but regulation and advances in software mean that the shift to digital-first reporting has begun.
