Communicate is a monthly trade magazine for the UK corporate communications

Corporate communications

Corporate communication is the message issued by a corporate organization, body, or institute to its publics. "Publics" can be both internal Corporate communication is the message issued by a corporate organization, body, or institute to its publics. "Publics" can be both internal Corporate...

 community.
Branding itself as ‘the single voice for stakeholder relations’, Communicate’s focus is on how organisations engage with their stakeholders: the press, investors, employees, regulators, the supply chain and the communities in which they operate. As such, Communicate covers corporate communications, public relations

Public relations

Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....

, investor relations

Investor relations

Investor Relations is a strategic management responsibility that integrates finance, communication, marketing and securities law compliance to enable the most effective two-way communication between a company, the financial community, and other constituencies, which ultimately contributes to a...

, internal communications

Internal communications

Internal communications is the function responsible for effective communication among participants within an organization.A relatively young profession, IC draws on the theory and practice of related professions, not least journalism, knowledge management, public relations, media relations,...

, corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...

, crisis communications

Crisis communications

Crisis communication is sometimes considered a sub-specialty of the public relations profession that is designed to protect and defend an individual, company, or organization facing a public challenge to its reputation...

 and public affairs.

With a monthly circulation of 10,000, it is read by in-house communications departments in the private and public sectors as well as communications consultancies and service providers across the UK.

In addition to the magazine, Communicate publishes a weekly e-newsletter and hosts a website of the same name.

Communicate magazine is published by Andrew Thomas, and edited by Molly Pierce. It is owned by Cravenhill Publishing, an independent publishing company based in London.

Columnists and contributors

Columnists and contributors have include:

• Vikki Chowney, editor of Reputation Online
• Caroline Parry, former news editor of Marketing Week
• Rebecca Richmond, content director for internal communications training firm Melcrum Publishing
• Ruth Sunderland, associate city editor of Daily Mail

Each issue features a profile of a key figure in corporate communications. These have included:
Jane Wilson of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Andraea Dawson-Shepherd of Reckitt Benckiser and Simon Lewis

Simon Lewis

Simon Lewis is a novelist and screenwriter, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1971. He went to school in Monmouth then studied Art and Art History at Goldsmiths College in London....

 when he was head of comms at 10 Downing Street.

Events division

Communicate organise a number of awards events and conferences on key areas of corporate communications.

Their awards events include:

• The Digital Impact Awards, for digital corporate communications.
• The Transform Awards, for rebranding, repositioning and corporate transformation
• The Corporate Engagement Awards, for corporate partnerships and sponsorship

Their conferences include:

• Social Media in a Corporate Context (held in London, Manchester and Amsterdam)
• Transform - the annual conference for rebranding
• Reputation in Financial Services
• Reputation in Oil, Gas and Mining

Honours

In December 2009, Communicate magazine won the Best Launch category at the Independent Publisher Awards, organised by the Periodical Publishers Association

Periodical Publishers Association

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In December 2010, Communicate magazine won the Media Brand of the Year category at the PPA's Independent Publisher Awards