External Communications Spending - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: External Communications Spending
FOI Number: 421
Date Received: 27/04/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: In excel spreadsheet form, please list any external public relations, communications, media consultancy, social media or lobbying firms hired by your organisation from 2017/2018 to 2021/22. Please provide break the data down by financial year and include the following information:
– The name of the firm hired for each job (or individual/freelancer)
– The amount of money paid to each firm (including VAT)
–The specific remit/purpose of the hire, and detail of what activities they undertook for your organisation

Please ensure that this data is provided in spreadsheet form and not Pdf.
Response: The BIG Partnership

Financial year    Spend
2018 -19               £1,138.92
2019 -20               £300
Provision of public relations and marketing support, particularly relating to the development of corporate narratives.