With the Homelessness Reduction Act coming into force from April 2018, local authorities in England are gearing up to meet the new requirements. All social landlords have a critical role to play, but compliance with the new laws should be only part of the story. Roger Birkinshaw, housing director at Northgate Public Services, emphasises the…
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The impact of mobile technology in housing
Mobile technology is rapidly developing and early-adopting housing providers are already seeing the benefits to their frontline staff, field service operators and their customers. Capability is developing all the time and some technology specialists are working directly with housing providers to provide systems exactly tailored to the housing sector. There are three elements that make…
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4Solo launches contractor compliance software
4Solo has recently launched Comply Tag and CompTrain for housing providers to automatically record in one online database all work undertaken on their properties and for real-time compliance checking. Comply Tag enables users to set up tags to monitor every aspect of work undertaken on a property or site, with their contractors then downloading a…
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Gas Tag gains private equity backing
Gas Tag has secured a multi-million pound investment from private equity company Waterland. The deal, which values Gas Tag as worth in excess of £20million, will enable the business to scale up its operations in the UK and internationally. In return for the investment, Waterland will gain a minority stake and two of its senior…
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The importance of UX and UI
What does it mean when we talk about UX & UI? UX is short for user experience and is essentially about how a person feels when using a product or service. As well as the core usability of the product, we look for how easy it is to use the system, efficiency in performing a…
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Adactus automates arrears with RentSense
Having been using Mobysoft’s RentSense software for its income collection processes since 2012, Adactus Housing has recently been working with Mobysoft to automate their rent arrears’ case management processes in order to remove further cases from its income officers’ inboxes. Mike Murphy, head of income and leasehold services, Adactus Housing Group, said, “We are a…
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