Reference: FOI-358185313
Date of request: 23/08/2021
Title of request: Use of PR & Media Firms

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Dear Jamie Mann

Thank you for your request for information dated 23 August 2021 (received
by the Council that same date) which has been passed to me for attention.

I would like to apologise for the lateness of our response.

You have requested the following information:

In excel spreadsheet form, please list any public relations,
communications, media consultancy or lobbying firms hired by your
organisation in the last five years:

Please provide:

The name of the firm (or individual/freelancer)

The contract number

The start and end date of each contract

The amount of money paid to each firm (including VAT)

The remit/purpose of the hire, and detail of what activities they
undertook for your organisation

For avoidance of doubt, please provide more detail than, for example,
"communications and PR support". Instead, please detail what specific
issues were communicated and how this was done.

Please see the attached excel spreadsheets.

Jigsaw Invoices 1 – relates to Jigsaw Media only.

Contribution 1 – Various organisations and the remit/purpose was not
recorded, s17 of the Act refers – information not held. (Please see Notes
for PR Contribution 1 – also attached)

Contribution 2 - Various organisations.

Please note we are unable to provide individual breakdown figures as this
is commercial information and exempt under s33 – Commercial Interest of
the organisations identified.

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Yours sincerely

Alison

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