Marketing Birmingham, the city's strategic marketing partnership, operates the city's leisure and business tourism programmes Vist and Meet Birmingham as well as its inward investment programme, Business Birmingham. The organisation is funded by the public and private sectors, including Birmingham City Council, European Regional Development Funding and some 400 local companies.

The tender opportunity will see the successful company plan and implement PR and communications activity for Visit Birmingham and Meet Birmingham that raises the profile in target audiences and contributes to the programme aims. The deadline for express of interest and submission of completed PQQ is no later than 12:00 noon on 15 March 2013.