FI14791

Request

Does the council have a contract with an external party for out of home advertising?  For example, on bus shelters and street furniture.

If the answer is yes, please can you share the following details:

Q1. Who is the contract with?

Q2. What is the length of the contract and when was it last renewed?

Q3. Is this for a fixed fee, a share of profit / revenue or a combination? 

a)       If there is a fixed fee element, what is the monetary value of the fixed fee the council receives (as an annual figure or one off fee for length of contract). 

b)      If there is a share of profit or revenue arrangement, what is the proportion / percentage share of revenue / profit arrangement.

Q4. If there is a share of profit or revenue arrangement, please can you share how much the council received each financial year from 2019 to the most current year available. 

Note: If unable to share the exact monetary values due to business confidentially etc. then please provide the year-on-year percentage change in the amount received each year. If unable to share the exact percentage change received, then for each year from 2019 please indicate within which band the change in income would sit:

  • decreased more than 25%,
  • decreased between 11 to 25%,
  • decreased between 6 to 10%,
  • decreased up to 5%,
  • no change (0%),
  • increased up to 5%,
  • increased between 6 to 10%,
  • increased between 11 to 25%,
  • increased more than 25%.

Response

  1. Clear Channel
  2. 15 years and last reviewed in April 2016
  3. Revenue arrangement received as an annual figure.  The amount received is considered commercially sensitive and therefore exempt from disclosure under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act
  4. 2016-2020 - Data not held, 2021-2023 - 0% increase, 2024 - increased between 11-25%