Financial Annual Report printing isn't the kind of thing that gets the blood racing
for most Managing Directors and CEOs, that is unless something terrible goes wrong.
Then you can absolutely guarantee that they will care about the printing of their Financial Annual Report in a way that never seemed likely before.
So what are the most likely problems and how can you avoid them?
Financial Data Security when printing your Financial Annual Report
By far and away the most serious risk is to your Annual Report production is that of a security breach. This becomes far more important if you are a publically quoted company where market sensitiveness could have a large bearing on what you do.
There have been documented examples where the design or print company have been too casual about securing the financial annual report print production facility and these "leaks" have led to considerable market disruption.
The best advice is to avoid printers who have little or no experience in producing Annual Reports for the City. Instead steer towards printing companies with a proven track record in financial annual report printing. See end of article for our recommendation.
Deadlines for your financial annual report printing
The second big hazard is that of missing the deadline for the production of your Annual Report. Whilst this is an annoyance for a non-quoted company, it could well have serious repercussions for a quoted organisation.
Missed deadlines usually occur in one of three places:
1. If you fail to provide the content for your financial annual report on time.
2. If your designer fails to produce final proofs in time.
3. If your printer's fail to print your financial annual report in time.
The best advice in each case is to work with seasoned professionals who have a track record in producing reports for Blue Chip companies who report to the City of London.
Finding those with sufficient experience can take a bit of leg work and the very best advice is to be prepared to ask around for recommendations from others.
In addition you should always ask to see your design and print company's portfolio of similar work. The existence - or lack of - such a portfolio of financial annual report printing will speak volumes and you'll know whether to trust or avoid the particular printers that you are considering using.