

While many reporters used a PDF-to-XHTML conversion tool for ‘year one' of ESEF compliance, the FRC’s recent guidance concludes that, in terms of user experience, such conversions cannot compete with reports like Experian’s.
This innovative approach to digital reporting, known as ’native XHTML’, is also endorsed by the technical standards setters at XBRL International, who recognise that future digital reporting will require reporters and their specialist providers, like Friend, to make significant advances in terms of both process and software.