196501-388273 FOI Finance

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect of the information below. 1. How many Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) are currently owned by the council? 2. Please provide information on each LATC including the company name, company number and what services they are providing. 3. Have external accountants been appointed to provide support? If so, who are they? 4. When were the external accountants appointed? 5. What services are the external accountants providing? 6. What is the (Annual) cost of external accounting services (exc VAT) for each of these companies? Please provide separate breakdown of costs. 7. When are the next review dates for tendering for these services? 8. Where and what date/month/year will you be advertising your future contracts for external accounting services? 9. Is there a telephone contact number and email address of the individual that would be responsible for this in the future?