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The Housing Excellence Awards, due to be held in May, are recognised as highly prestigious within the housing industry and attract nominations from all corners of the sector.

The need for a system to provide quick bids and fast qualification of sites was the driving force which led private developer Lovell to look at SDS ProVal.

Viewing appraisals in ProVal LS

Find out here which organisations have already upgraded and are using the new ProVal LS

A new update for Sequel is being worked on at the moment, which will include some minor fixes.

We were delighted to have been shortlisted for Most Innovative IT Product at the recent Housing Innovation Awards in London.

With the new system of self-financing, LAs who haven't built homes for a generation will want to brush up on their development knowledge. AdvantageSDS can help!

SDS has won a contract to supply PEABODY with housing development viability and project management software.

Our Australian partner, Impact Group, are delivering the same high standards of training and support on ProVal XL, ProVal LS and Sequel as we maintain here in the UK.

January's edition of Housing Technology includes the following article showing how North Star chose SDS ProVal to improve the group's development appraisal methodology.

The role of local authorities in the provision of affordable housing is becoming much more important. As a result, the relationship between authorities and associations needs to change

We recently ran a very successful Introduction to Housing Development course at our Guildford training suite, delivered by housing consultant David Cotterill.

The recently issued ProVal XL does not include the latest RPI rent inflation.

Why Registered Providers should challenge their LA partners about a reluctance to use the New Homes Bonus for funding new housing

Version 6.1.1 released

You can now post ideas, ask a question, report a problem and leave feedback on our new online Community Forum.

See who is upgrading to the new version of ProVal.

Download a Sequel to Brixx Export Utility and Sequel Microsoft Office Addins here

Read Phil Shelton's response to a question posed by a leading UK business school, using research published by the NHF, Inside Housing, and www.debtbombshell.com.

Catch up on the latest SDS updates and read about our exploits down under as well as upcoming training dates and the Last Word from Phil.

There are still a small number of spaces available on our User Group Meetings so please let us know if you would like to attend.

You can now attend SDS training courses and seminars around the UK at Guildford, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester.

20% discount off our training sessions in July and August, only at your offices.

Read David Shelton's article published in 24 housing magazine's finance supplement and see why there is a very real prospect that social housing grant could become as rare as hen's teeth.

Recent Windows / Office patches are suspected of corrupting the Microsoft Windows Common Controls library

We have prepared a free workbook to be used in conjunction with ProVal, to help you complete the HCA 2011-15 Offer Template.

We would like to thank everyone who visited our stand at the Finance Conference in April, and we look forward to catching up with you soon.

We are pleased to invite our clients to our annual user group meetings, being held this year in Guildford, Bristol and Birmingham.

Have you ever been out and about on site wanting to know the impact some abnormal cost will have on the profit margin or the residual land value of a piece of land?

On the 29th July, SDS released the final trial Proval LS 11.6.4 version to a number of clients to tryout until the final release date on 5th September.

After months of planning, designing, writing, developing and testing, the updated SDS website finally went live last week.

SDS would like to extend their sympathies to our clients and those affected by the violence.

SDS is excited to announce that it is forming a partnership with specialist property and construction consultancy, Impact Group, who is based in Sydney, Australia.

We’d like to extend our thanks to everyone we met at the conference.

SDS move premises to Astra House in Cranleigh

Eildon Housing Association, based in Selkirk, is the fist Scottish Housing Association to fully install our systems.

SDS will begin moving to its new premises at Astra House, Cranleigh w/c 6th June.

SDS welcomes Jemma Froggitt and Gemma Thompson to the team.

We're delighted to have won the Best Stand award at this year's Finance Conference.