Video production contracts
UK public sector · 64 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
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- Contracts awarded
- 64
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £43k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £23.6m
- 53 of 60 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 48
- Suppliers
- 87
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most video production contracts took 17% of them (11 of 64).
- The median contract, £43k, is 37% below the median across marketing & creative contracts (£69k).
- London had the most contracts: 23, or 36% of the total.
Who buys video production
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts£170k
- 2British Council4 contracts£293k
- 3City of London Corporation3 contracts£175k
- 4Cheshire West and Chester Council2 contracts£208k
- 5NHS England2 contracts£96k
- 6Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)2 contracts£73k
- 7Crown Prosecution Service2 contracts£58k
- 8East Riding of Yorkshire Council2 contracts£41k
- 9GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED2 contracts£37k
- 10Central Bedfordshire Council2 contracts£20k
Top video production contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Premier Business Audio3 contracts£158k
- 2Zeddy Productions2 contracts£120k
- 3The Likeminded Limited2 contracts£37k
- 4We Can Creative Ltd.2 contracts£20k
- 5Verri Media Ltd2 contracts£12k
- 6APS Group2 contracts—
- 7Timeline Television1 contract£19.6m
- 8DB Cargo (UK) Limited1 contract£1.0m
- 9TOMANDSTEVE LIMITED1 contract£240k
- 10CULTURESHOCK MEDIA LIMITED1 contract£207k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
British Council to CULTURESHOCK MEDIA LIMITED · Awarded 5 October 2026
British Council to Blumenfeld Pictures, LTD. · Awarded 29 September 2026
Cheshire West and Chester Council to Heritage Interactive Limited · Awarded 25 September 2026
NHS England to Tinker Taylor Limited · Awarded 23 September 2026
ESPO to Premier Business Audio · Awarded 17 September 2026
Highways England to In The Dark Productions Ltd. · Awarded 10 September 2026
British Council to Krairerk Pokmanee and Media Active Co., Ltd · Awarded 10 September 2026
Knowsley Council to Square One Media Production · Awarded 8 September 2026
London & South East Education Group to Redshark Ltd · Awarded 27 August 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to S&B Originals ltd · Awarded 24 July 2026
Largest
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) to Timeline Television · Awarded 28 November 2025
Train Information Services Limited to DB Cargo (UK) Limited · Awarded 21 April 2026
Royal Hospital Chelsea to TOMANDSTEVE LIMITED · Awarded 19 May 2026
Post Office Limited to Dynomite Productions Limited · Awarded 7 October 2025
Royal Holloway, University of London to First Sight Media Limited · Awarded 27 April 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 57 · Northern Ireland 3 · Wales 3 · Scotland 1
What is included
Scripting, filming, editing and post-production of live-action video for any purpose: promotional, campaign, case study, documentary and corporate films, training, instructional and educational videos, filmed recordings of events and ceremonies, and combined photo and video lots.
- Promotional and corporate films
- Campaign and advert videos
- Case study and documentary films
- Recruitment videos
- Place marketing films
- Museum and exhibition films
- Video editing of supplied footage
- Social media cut-downs
- Filmed music sessions
- Combined photography and videography lots
- Outsourced film units
- Shoot crews and production talent rosters
- Training videos
- Clinical education videos
- Site induction videos
- Filmed training scenarios and DVDs
- Converting in-person courses to video
- Educational and STEM learning videos
- Public explainer videos with a teaching purpose
- Graduation ceremony filming
- Conference and event filming
- Recorded ceremony videos
- Television programme and series production
- Film scanning, mastering and restoration of archive film
What is not included
- Animation and motion graphics (mkt.video.animation-and-motion-graphics)
- CGI and fly-throughs (mkt.video.cgi-and-3d-visualisation)
- Photography-only lots (mkt.video.photography)
- Campaign concept and running the campaign (mkt.camp.creative-agency-integrated-campaigns)
- Buying TV or cinema airtime (mkt.media.media-planning-and-buying)
- Live streaming, webcasting and event AV crews (another industry: it.av.event-av-production, it.av.council-meeting-webcasting)
- Lecture capture systems (another industry: it.lob.lecture-capture)
- Broadcast and studio equipment (another industry: it.av.broadcast-studio-production-equipment)
- Whole e-learning courses (another industry: edu.lead.bespoke-elearning-content-development)