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Our Services

DCB Property Associates provides client side property services for the public sector generally and local authorities in particular. Typically this involves working alongside public bodies, often in their offices, to deliver property outcomes such as; savings/reductions in running costs, increased revenue and/or capital receipts and development profits from disposal of surplus land and property. We also support public sector clients to improve efficiency.

Investment & Income

Identifying new opportunities to generate revenue. Reviewing & improving returns from existing investments.

Acquisition & Disposal Advice

Options analysis, appointment, selection and management of advisers through to completion.

Improving Efficiency

Examples include undertaking asset management service reviews, devising improvement and implementation plans, advising on and implementing new structures [and JV's].

Project & Programme Management

Acting as project coordinator for public sector clients.

Stakeholder Management

High level stakeholder engagement is required before embarking on a change programme. Those affected by change often benefit from coaching & mentoring.

Strategic Thinking

Required in a wide range of situations:- strategic reviews, change management and setting up governance processes within local government.

Way of Working - DCB Property Associates

We work as consultants and have been exclusively serving public sector organisations since 2008. DCB is set up to work outside of IR35, where appropriate. This means that we work flexibly and independently, choosing to work from from clients offices or our offices to deliver solutions. We have built up our contacts over a long period of time and therefore have access to a broad range of associates who are available to provide additional support for our clients, where required.

Lead Consultant - Duncan Blackie MBA FRICS

My public sector experience includes negotiation of a wide range of land transactions from inception to close, including joint ventures, land equalisation/pooling agreements, deferred payments, profit sharing and related approaches such as overage agreements, etc. Although not a registered valuer, I am able to draw on a wide range of previous experience including valuations and appraisals, residential mortgage valuations, viability studies, marketing advice based on transactional evidence.

Duncan Blackie MBA FRICS

Director

More about Duncan Blackie

Experience

Duncan has circa 40 years work experience. Since 2005 he has worked as a public sector consultant [including a period undertaking mortgage valuations]. Initially this was as a member of the King Sturge Public Sector team but since 2008 Duncan has operated his own practice. The second phase of his career, from 1989 - 2005, was in the local authority sector including 13 years in management positions. Prior to 1989 Duncan gained experience in property development, business transfer and appraisals, preparing business cases for bank lending and administering UK property loans.

Qualifications

FRICS, MBA, PG cert

Duncan has property professional and management qualifications/training. His most recent qualification is a post graduate certificate in coaching - inspired by a Kent County Council Transformational Management Programme. Whilst working in Kent Duncan also became a Common Purpose Graduate. He became a fellow of the RICS in 2000 and in the 1990's he undertook in-house management development training with LB Barking & Dagenham and obtained an MBA [with a Finance Pathway]. The MBA provided 'a bridge' between the closely linked worlds of property and banking.

Consultant

DCB is aligned to a number public sector bodies who provide asset management support for the sector. As a consequence Duncan has worked closely with nearly 30 public sector clients, since 2008. He also serves as eastern branch secretary of ACES [the association of chief estates surveyors in local government] and therefore has a broad range of contacts within public sector property departments. From time to time Duncan has taken on interim roles and is prepared to consider interim opportunities, provided they do not conflict with DCB consultancy.

Duncan Blackie Ltd

DCB Property Associates

Client Side Property Services Consultant for the Public Sector