Longhurst Group

Every day, our team of over 900 colleagues works diligently to enhance the lives of our customers and the communities we serve in the Midlands and East of England. Scroll through to see some of the fantastic roles we have available this week. 👉 Click to find out more https://lnkd.in/gpSHz-V

We're looking for a Head of Customer Experience to champion the voice of the customer, take ownership of the customer journey and help us improve engagement across our customer touchpoints. 💷 Up to £75,000 per annum 🚙 £3,500 car allowance (non-contractual) 📍 Hybrid, with a weekly presence in either our Rushden, Peterborough or Boston office 📆 Closes 1 October. To find out more and apply for this role, visit our website https://lnkd.in/gpSHz-V

It's great that Fallon Warren AssocRICS (CIHCM) will be taking part in the next Unlock Net Zero webinar - "Unlocking retrofit delivery at scale". Check out the below posts to find out how you can register for free and get involved.

We're delighted to have published our 2023/24 annual report and financial statements.   Titled 'Stronger Foundations', the report demonstrates our performance over the last 12 months and how we're committed to further improving services for our customers.   It includes customer stories and case studies, as well as video interviews and key statistics in each of our strategic pillars.   We've once again hosted the report on an interactive online platform to create an engaging experience for readers.   To view the report, visit https://lnkd.in/eyaQdxs8 Below is a video introduction, featuring Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer Robert Griffiths and Director of Finance Yasmin Holley.

This time last week, we welcomed Charlotte Cane MP to our affordable homes as part of the wider Waterbeach redevelopment. During the visit, we spoke about the need for a long-term hashtag #PlanForHousing and how providers like us can play our part in helping to solve the housing crisis. We showed Charlotte and Cllr Judith Rippeth from South Cambridgeshire District Council around some of the homes we have available and discussed how important affordable housing is both nationally and in this part of Cambridgeshire. To find out more about the visit, including how we've partnered with Urban&Civic to deliver these homes, and to read the thoughts of Nick Worboys, our Director of Growth, Development and Sales, and Charlotte, visit https://lnkd.in/emdFk6zF You can also watch our video from the visit below.

Today is End Digital Poverty Day. Alarmingly, one in seven adults and one in five children in the UK are digitally excluded. Digital access is crucial for education, job opportunities, and affordable utilities. That’s why we’re committed to doing our bit to help end digital poverty. Our Employment and Skills Team operates a device and data gifting scheme, which sees us donate laptops, mobile phones and pre-loaded SIM cards to customers who are most in-need and could use these items to find work or develop their skills. We encourage customers who think they would benefit from this scheme to contact us and we've had some excellent results to date.

We recently completed our 18-home Vasey Fields development in Bassingham, near Lincoln. Thanks to our partnership with Lindum Group, this fully affordable development has been taken from initial plans to reality and we’re proud of the finished product. Here are some recent aerial shots of the site which we wanted to share.

We were delighted to welcome Charlotte Cane MP to Waterbeach on Friday to view the affordable homes we have on site. Charlotte was accompanied by Councillor Judith Rippeth from South Cambridgeshire District Council and they were shown around by our Director of Growth, Development and Sales Nick Worboys and Head of Sales Chris Parkinson. We were selected by master developer Urban&Civic to be the preferred affordable housing provider for the development, which when completed will see 6,500 homes built, as well as five new schools, retail, commercial and green space, and new cycle connections and a sustainable travel hub. We'll share more content from last week's visit over the next few days.

The six-week customer consultation into our proposed merger with Grand Union Housing Group has now closed. We encouraged our customers to let us know their thoughts about the plans via post, telephone or online and we received well over 1,300 responses. We’re now working through this feedback and it’ll be presented to the Boards of each organisation before a decision is made about whether to proceed with the merger.

Our Head of Construction Services Andy Barradell has authored another thought-provoking blog, this time focusing on how we're preparing for the Future Homes Standards.