All Business Development Market Insight & Policy Advisory Marketing PR & Corporate Communications Research and Content Social Media Management Strategic communications & crisis support for student housing pioneerNido Student Blackstock was appointed in mid-2020 to advise Europe’s leading student accommodation brand on strategic communications, B2B and B2C media relations and crisis management. Getting the country to chat VATBourne Leisure & Merlin Entertainments In a campaign backed by Bourne Leisure and Merlin Entertainments, Blackstock was engaged to lead a high impact media campaign that would support behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts to convince the government to cut VAT for the tourism industry. Launching a nationwide housing brandModa Blackstock was appointed by Moda in early 2015 to build up its corporate profile with UK investors, business media and the wider property sector; while helping develop its brand narrative and consumer profile across national press. Beating the drum for construction modernisationCast In January 2016, we helped former Arcadis directors Mark Farmer, Joe Thornton and Neil Brearly launch Cast, gaining widespread media coverage. Building up a vertically integrated platform in a new sectorApache Capital Partners & Moda Living Blackstock was appointed to promote investment manager Apache Capital’s vertically integrated multifamily housing platform with Moda Living, one of the first in the UK to be geared towards regional cities. Creating a new sector: civic crowdfundingSpacehive Five years ago we helped create and launch the world’s first civic crowdfunding business, building credibility with No 10 and the London Mayor, winning awards and securing tier one press coverage. Launch campaign and data-driven researchResi.co.uk We were engaged to create some bespoke research and help launch a new proptech company set up by the former founders of Hassle.com. Our ‘Improving, Not Moving’ research generated coverage in the FT and other national papers, propelling the business forward. Promoting build to rentEssential Living We’ve played a crucial role in supporting Britain’s build to rent market, working alongside leading names and supporting every inch of their evolution from the drawing board to fully-let buildings. Using data to drive business rates debateDaniel Watney Blackstock’s in-house research team have generated significant national press coverage in recent years around business rates and the growing chaos the regime is in. Load More