Longhurst Group’s senior project manager for business improvement, Gavin Black, reports on their experiences as one of the first users of Civica’s web services to create a bespoke tenant portal. The sector is awash with tales of welfare reform and tenant support, and barely a meeting goes by where value for money isn’t identified as…
Civica web services & digital inclusion at LonghurstRead More →
Longhurst Group
In4Systems’ success with Promaster and Schedulemaster products
In4Systems, now part of Orchard, has announced that Golden Gates Housing Trust is now using its new Schedulemaster software, and Longhurst Group and WM Housing Group have both upgraded to the latest version (v4) of its web-based Promaster software for asset management. Gavin Black, senior project manager for business improvement, Longhurst Group, said, “As the…
In4Systems’ success with Promaster and Schedulemaster productsRead More →
Now SDS is 20
SDS, a leading software provider in social housing, is celebrating 20 years in business. The Surrey-based company provides real-time software to help housing providers with development appraisals, project workflows, and cash flow management. The company was started by David Shelton in 1994 and now has 14 employees and an annual turnover of around £1 million….
Now SDS is 20Read More →
SDS Sequel takes over from Workbench at Longhurst
Longhurst Group has replaced its Workbench project monitoring tool with SDS Sequel, having used SDS software to financially appraise and benchmark its housing developments since 2004. Kate Varney, development and new business officer, Longhurst Group, said, “Sequel has reduced the time it takes to update our cash flows, and it’s very easy to manage the…
SDS Sequel takes over from Workbench at LonghurstRead More →
Mobile access – The clever compromise
Housing providers across the country are waking up to the reality that their customers aren’t where they left them. Increasing numbers of tenants are demanding services whenever and wherever they want them so the Longhurst Group is on the move. Over the past year, we have developed our customer websites to deliver increased functionality allowing…
Mobile access – The clever compromiseRead More →
Longhurst consolidates with Civica HMS
Longhurst Group has completed the consolidation of all of its housing management systems into a single version of Civica’s HMS across the group. The project took nine months to complete and cost around £50,000. The project extends back to 2009 when Longhurst was running five different HMS from three separate suppliers, spread across its four…
Longhurst consolidates with Civica HMSRead More →
