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Your Expertise.

Amplified.

Smart communications for growing financial companies

About Us

OUR
STORY

We are a communications and public relations specialist, focused on significantly raising the awareness of growing financial companies with our proven communications approach.
 
Founded in 2015, we have helped countless clients build a solid reputation while clearly communicating their product and service offering in a crowded market.
 
We understand the unique and specialist qualities growing financial companies possess and how to support resource gaps, all with an understanding of their operating budgets.
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Sectors
Our trusted expertise is backed by decades of experience across financial sectors.

We are sector specialists with deep knowledge across financial markets, delivering creative communications solutions with outstanding results.
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Wealth & Asset Management

ESG & Sustainability

Fintech

Private Equity & VC

Banking & Finance

Alternative Invesments

Financial Services Consultancies

SECTOR
FOCUS

Services

OUR SERVICES

Founded with a mission to counter the frustrations of typical PR agencies, we work exclusively with growing financial services businesses looking to stand out in a crowded market, building and protecting their reputation.

 

 

We understand the unique and specialist qualities they possess and how to support resource gaps, all with an understanding of their operating budgets.

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Strategic Advice & Planning

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Media Relations

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Corporate Communications

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Content Marketing

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Bespoke Content

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​Crisis & Change Communications

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Awards

& Events

Why Us

Why clients 
Choose Us

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From emerging player to market leader, the financial services landscape is crowded.

Differentiation isn’t optional — it’s strategic.

If you’re building the future of financial services, we’re here to work with you to make sure the market knows it.
You’re not just building company awareness, you’re building trust, credibility, and long-term value.

We help ambitious financial services companies turn momentum into market authority.​
Testimonials
We've found working with Cornerstone invaluable when it comes to building brand via PR.

 

Team

The Team

Seasoned experts with deep experience across financial sectors

Ben

Larter

Director

BEN has 30 years' experiece in financial services, having led communications teams at Chelsea Financial Services, Penrose Financial (now MHP), J.P. Morgan Asset Management and BNY Mellon Investment Management, before setting up Cornerstone in 2015.

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David

Butcher

Associate Consultant

DAVID has vast experience in corporate positioning, reputation management and client engagement having spent the last 25 years in financial services. Over his career, he's advised companies on strategic and tactical communictions issues, and held a number of senior roles at Fidelity and M&G. 

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Richard

Acworth

Director

RICHARD was a business journalist before moving to the Consumers' Association (now Which?). He moved into public affairs for Aviva and managed the global comms team at Henderson Global Investors, before setting up Cornerstone in 2015, 

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Dan

Flynn

Content Specialist

DAN has been a financial journalist for 15 years. Having been a reporter at Investment Week and International Adviser and markets & investments reporter for the Mail on Sunday, He continues to write for a number of trade and national publications.

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Andy

Fleming

Institutional Director

ANDY has 30 years' experience in financial PR. He's worked for the DWP alongside Alistair Darling, the Office for National Statistics and the PLSA. He's worked with some of the UK’s largest pension funds (including USS, Railpen, Barclays and Unilever).

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Bradley

Gerrard

Content Specialist

BRADLEY has specialised in finance and business journalism for 15 years, most recently as a Senior Business Reporter at The Daily Telegraph, Prior to this, he developed a deep knowledge of investments and markets at the Financial Times Group. He was also News Editor at both Investment Adviser and Investors Chronicle, 

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Contact

GET IN
TOUCH

Alternatively, please feel free contact us directly:
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Ben Larter: +44 7825 880830

ben@cornerstonecomms.co.uk

Richard Acworth: +44 7917 080365

richard@cornerstonecomms.co.uk

© 2026 by Cornerstone Communicate Ltd.

Company Registration Number: 9285548

Address: 5 Meadow Way, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4DY

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