After five years as CEO of Shelton Development Services, Housing Technology interviewed Phil Shelton about IT, funding and political changes in social housing. How has IT affected the housing sector since 2009 when you took over at Shelton Development Services? The technology has advanced considerably since 2009, when the iPhone 3 had only been out…
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How innovation and creativity can meet housing needs
Sir – Councils are looking beyond the HRA to develop their new building programmes for two reasons. First, yes, the HRA Self-Financing settlement has allowed 170 stock-owning councils to address investment in their stock, but, that said, a large number of these councils have reached their borrowing cap. Secondly, the new HCA affordable housing programme…
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Happy 20th birthday to SDS
SDS, the Surrey-based housing IT specialist, celebrated its 20th birthday at the National Housing Federation’s recent conference in Warwick with bunny ears, pink boas and fun photo booth that had the NHF’s delegates diving into the dressing up box after the conference dinner.
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….
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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…
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SDS and Orbit create new Sequel Tablet for development & appraisals
Orbit Group has been working with Shelton Development Services to create a tablet-based version of the software company’s Sequel tool for the project management of new property developments. The new mobile devices and software are being trialled by Orbit’s development staff at the moment before being made available to all Sequel users at the end…
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