The team behind the property.

Property expertise, technology and operational know-how in one team - so property owners, local businesses and the high street all end up better off around the same unit.

Alistair Oates, Managing Director at VacatAd

Alistair Oates

Managing Director

Alistair’s career has taken him from HSBC in Hong Kong to residential development in the UK, and from software startups to digital operations, giving him a blend of commercial, technical, and property expertise. Holding an MSc in Building Surveying and a BA in Economics, he understands the challenges property owners face from every angle. As Managing Director, he puts that into VacatAd’s live service: WiFi, advertising and monitoring in empty units, run openly, with as little disruption as possible.

Jordan Jones, Operations Director at VacatAd

Jordan Jones

Operations Director

With a background in law and extensive experience in the Central London property market, Jordan runs the operation that gets a unit from first call to live in under a week. With over 10 years of operational experience, he makes sure every install is done properly, every site is monitored, and every owner and billing authority knows exactly what is running in the building.

Karl Jones, Director of Business Development at VacatAd

Karl Jones

Director, Business Development

Karl has vast knowledge of the rating industry in the UK and nearly a decade of experience managing portfolios worth over £500 million. Empty property is a headache for owners and agents alike, and taking that headache away is at the core of what he does. Leading business development, Karl makes sure clients get a straight answer, a fast install and a service that keeps working for as long as the unit is empty.

What Drives Us

Built Properly

Every install is a real live service, not a paper exercise: WiFi on, adverts in the window, the unit watched.

The routers do the watching

Each unit reports in on its own. If a router drops offline, we see it and so do you, without someone driving out to check.

Client Outcomes

We measure success by whether the unit is better off with us in it: connected, watched, working, and easier to let.

Security accreditation

VacatAd Ltd passed Cyber Essentials with IASME on 11 September 2026 (certificate 8accf38d-7afd-47ff-b822-837692770726; recert due 11 September 2027). The official BlockMark smart badge will sit in the site footer once Accreditations supplies the embed. Until then, the footer links to the IASME / NCSC certificate search as a temporary verification path. Level: Cyber Essentials (not Plus).

Ready to Work With Us?

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