Cornwall: spending over £500

The supplier is another council, a police, fire or NHS body, a government department or agency, or a pension fund.

1. NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB: £10,012,852 (1186 payments)
2. Wave Multi Academy Trust: £6,975,965 (52 payments)
3. Laser Energy Buying Group (Kent County Council): £4,797,952 (1026 payments)
4. St Barnabas C of E Multi Academy Trust: £1,673,596 (225 payments)
5. Plymouth City Council: £1,565,811 (20 payments)
6. Devon County Council: £1,214,913 (26 payments)
7. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: £1,057,631 (14 payments)
8. Crofty Multi Academy Trust: £824,277 (10 payments)
9. An Daras Multi Academy Trust: £684,329 (88 payments)
10. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust: £666,011 (37 payments)

The supplier is one of a named list of large firms that run council services under contract. A payment to one is often a routine instalment on a long contract.

1. Biffa Environmental Municipal Services Ltd (Cory): £48,599,829 (50 payments)
2. Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd: £5,473,916 (8 payments)
3. Kier Construction Ltd: £440,301 (3 payments)
4. G4s Cash Solutions (Uk) Ltd: £70,629 (63 payments)
5. Biffa Waste Services Ltd: £37,955 (42 payments)
6. Colas Ltd: £20,900 (4 payments)
7. Biffa Environmental Municipal Services Ltd: £9,780 (2 payments)
8. Capita Business Services Ltd: £7,467 (2 payments)
9. Glendale Countryside Ltd: £6,900 (1 payment)
10. Churchill Contract Services: £3,376 (1 payment)

The supplier is a law firm or chambers, or the council describes the payment as legal fees, counsel or court fees.

1. Thurstan Hoskin Solicitors: £500,171 (2 payments)
2. Walters & Barbary Solicitors LLP: £415,000 (1 payment)
3. G&I Chisholm Solicitors: £326,857 (2 payments)
4. Maclachlan Solicitors Limited: £284,847 (1 payment)
5. Sharpe Pritchard LLP: £254,901 (121 payments)
6. Freeths LLP: £174,422 (58 payments)
7. Pinsent Masons: £138,035 (25 payments)
8. DGB Solicitors LLP: £120,000 (1 payment)
9. Alister Pilling Solicitors: £63,562 (1 payment)
10. Capsticks Solicitors LLP: £43,837 (2 payments)

The supplier is a recruitment agency or consultancy on a named list, or the council describes the payment as consultancy, agency or interim staff, or professional fees.

1. Comensura Ltd: £14,138,695 (110 payments)
2. Grant Thornton Ltd: £479,992 (7 payments)
3. Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd: £55,777 (31 payments)
4. Matthew Reed KC: £11,200 (1 payment)
5. Penna Plc: £10,500 (4 payments)

The supplier is on a named list of IT and telecoms firms, or the council describes the payment as software, licences, IT, hardware, hosting or telephony.

1. Phoenix Software Ltd: £5,079,156 (20 payments)
2. Daisy Fays Falmouth: £1,158,692 (45 payments)
3. Daisy Fays Nursery - St Ives: £1,075,363 (51 payments)
4. British Telecom: £889,641 (127 payments)
5. Daisy Fays Truro: £773,478 (63 payments)
6. Oracle Corporation UK Ltd: £771,465 (19 payments)
7. Daisy Fays Nursery: £709,733 (56 payments)
8. Daisy Fays Nursery Tresillian: £625,528 (40 payments)
9. Civica Election Services: £503,387 (14 payments)
10. Civica Uk Ltd: £285,220 (16 payments)

The council describes the payment as advertising, marketing, publicity or public relations. Recruitment and statutory notices are left out.

1. Global Media Group Services Ltd: £10,087 (6 payments)
2. Bauer Radio Ltd: £8,593 (6 payments)
3. Fernbank Advertising Ltd: £1,855 (1 payment)
4. Idenna Ltd: £1,310 (1 payment)
5. Flying Pig Publishing: £700 (1 payment)

The council describes the payment as travel, fares, flights, subsistence or hotels. Homeless and temporary accommodation, and home to school and client transport, are left out.

1. Corserv Solutions Ltd t/a Cormac Solutions: £603,324 (103 payments)
2. Sustrans Ltd: £43,500 (1 payment)