Weaver Vale Housing Trust has appointed Andrew Rafferty as its new director of technology and business improvement. Rafferty previously held several IT-based, board-level positions at northern supermarket chain Booths, including director of IT and e-commerce. Wayne Gales, chief executive, Weaver Vale Housing Trust, said, “We are delighted to welcome Andrew. I believe he will make…
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Livin automates asset recording with Orchard
Livin has been using Orchard’s Fixed Assets software for its property and asset portfolio alongside general ledger integration for component accounting and FRS102 compliance, saving at least £600,000 in the process. Livin was originally using spreadsheets to manage its property portfolio, but with so many spreadsheets in use, the process had become very time-consuming and…
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Breaking the circle… A personal view
It’s now two years since Steve Lamb and I left the ‘client side’ of the housing sector to work in a technology business which specialises in supplying IT solutions to the housing sector. These two years at Housing Support Pro have flown by, bringing new challenges, opportunities and inspiring new ideas. Our business continues to…
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Epic Housing takes Civica’s Cx Housing
Epic Housing is using Civica’s Cx Housing and Financials software to streamline core processes and offer a new portal for tenants, as well as introduce mobile working for the first time. The web-based Cx Housing platform is set to improve the tenants’ experience by extending online services and reducing manual data entry for staff. The…
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Post-GDPR ‘data outliers’
Like us, you’ve each no doubt received hundreds of emails from long-forgotten websites, giving you endless ‘last chances’ to remain opted-in to their post-GDPR mailing lists, and by the time you’re reading this issue of Housing Technology, the GDPR deadline will be just a few hours away. Assuming you’ve taken care of the necessary pre-GDPR…
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IT apprentices – Where is your future talent coming from?
We benefit from a fantastic core of solid talent with excellent retention, but finding good ICT staff to replace leavers was increasingly fraught; half the problem was connecting with those potentially interested and the other half avoiding the pretenders, and the IT skills gap doesn’t help either. I usually try to avoid my children’s groans…
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