What is Tony Dyer talking to JPB Associates about?

What is Tony Dyer talking to JPB Associates about?

JPB Associates provide "a full service PR, communications, stakeholder engagement, political affairs, marketing and creative consultancy".

Tony Dyer (Bristol City Council Leader) had two meetings with JPB in April 2025 and one meeting in March 2026.

None of the "Lunch with JBP" items were registered in the "Gifts & Hospitality Register":

Looking at BCC Spending (up until 31/03/2026) nothing has been spent with JBP since the Covid times:

Although WECA have used JBP more recently:

In October 2024 a Freedom of Information request was submitted in relation to JBP work with the Council: "Nicola Beech, JBP, and the Bristol Cable"

It took BCC more than 2 months to divulge that any relevant e-mails had been "Marvined" (aka Deleted).

Joanna Booth left an annotation note on the request:

On the 31 Jan 2025 BCC provided their final response:

Nicola Beech was a strong defender of the Mayoral system and stepped down as a Councillor in 2023.


The only "footprint" of recent BCC engagement with JBP is in the Leader's Diary for April 2025. What Council Business were these meetings related to?