Homes4u has been saying a big thank you to new student tenants via the company’s #chicken4u campaign.

The campaign, which started before Christmas, offered all student tenants who secured their accommodation before March 31, 2015, a meal on the house at Nando’s, giving each tenant a £20 gift card.

Those entitled to the offer attended an April 24 event at Homes4u’s Manchester city centre branch, where Barcelos, Nando’s chicken mascot, made a guest appearance.

Students collected their gift cards, had the opportunity to have a photo taken with Barcelos and were also given Nando’s goody bags.

The offer didn’t end there – Homes4u asked all recipients of the giveaway to send in their selfies.

Students were encouraged to take selfies enjoying their Nando’s and tweet or post them to the Homes4u Facebook page, using #chicken4u, to enter a competition to win an iPad mini 3.

The response was amazing – and there were some fantastic individual and group selfies sent in.

The lucky winner, Holly Gillman, was drawn at random on May 27, and she collected her new iPad from Homes4u’s Fallowfield branch on Friday, June 5.

Owner and managing director Carolyn Mellor said: “Students are a really important part of our business and we were keen to give something back, to say thank you for using Homes4u to find their next home.

“We were delighted to be able to join forces with Nando’s, another established name in the student world.

“The response was fantastic, with selfies posted online for the iPad competition within hours of its launch.”