Turning assets into income: Outdo COO featured in NewStart

Emily Traviss
Senior Campaign Manager
September 4, 2026
A "Welcome to the City of York" boundary sign beside a main road, carrying LNER sponsorship branding beneath the city name.

We’re pleased to see Outdo Media COO Richard Eccles featured in NewStart, sharing his perspective on an increasingly important question for local authorities: could the assets you already own be working harder to generate revenue?

In his article, Can local government reorganisation help generate revenue for councils?, Richard explores how the creation of larger unitary authorities could bring together bigger asset portfolios and with them, new opportunities to develop sustainable advertising and sponsorship income.

At a time when budgets remain under pressure, the principle is simple: before looking at what can be cut, look at what can generate income.

The opportunity hiding in plain sight

For councils and other major asset owners, there can be significant untapped commercial potential within existing estates.

Roundabouts, lampposts, bridges, boundary and welcome signs, car parks, buildings and areas of unused land can all present opportunities for carefully planned advertising and sponsorship.

As Richard explains in NewStart, establishing these programmes takes more than simply identifying available space. Asset owners need to understand which locations have genuine commercial value, secure stakeholder support, build the right inventory and – crucially – take that proposition effectively to advertisers.

Done well, the result is a new revenue stream created from assets that organisations already own.

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From assets to sustainable revenue

That’s exactly the opportunity we help asset owners unlock at Outdo.

We combine OOH advertising expertise, commercial strategy and sales to identify the assets with the greatest potential and turn them into viable media opportunities – creating value for asset owners while providing advertisers with high-quality ways to reach audiences.

And the opportunity goes beyond local government. Any organisation with a substantial physical estate could be sitting on unrealised media value.

Congratulations to Richard on the NewStart feature and, more importantly, on putting an increasingly important conversation about smarter revenue generation firmly on the agenda.

Could your assets be generating more? Talk to Outdo about unlocking their commercial potential.

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