AmicusHorizon has equipped 150 inspection surveyors and housing officers with mobile workforce software from 1st Touch. The deployment covers pre- and post-inspections, stock condition surveyors, estate management, the tenancy services department, gas and electric inspectors and its CASA Supporting People operation. AmicusHorizon said that 1st Touch’s focus on developments around Windows Embedded Handheld and the…
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Aster installs ROCC HMS
Aster Property Management completed the installation in March 2011 of ROCC’s Uniclass Social Housing system for job costing and repairs, an upgrade from its original Uniclass Enterprise product. Aster has already reported a 10 per cent saving on job costs and expects a full return on its investment within a year. Aster Property Management looks…
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Tackling tenancy fraud with technology
Proactively detecting fraud by those who illegally sublet their council house means that social housing can benefit more of those in need. Fraud detection can also ensure local authorities and housing associations get maximum value from their housing stock. Housing minister Grant Shapps announced in December 2010 that he would be cracking down on housing…
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Link’s 5-year deal with MidlandHR
Link Group has signed a five-year contract for iTrent, MidlandHR’s ‘talent management’, workforce planning, HR and payroll system. iTrent replaces Link’s previous 15-year old system which was outdated and for which product support is due to be withdrawn during 2011. Pat Macmillan, human resources manager, Link Group, said, “We were particularly impressed by iTrent’s manager…
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Southwark Council implements Asset4000
Southwark Council, London’s largest social landlord, is just about to start the implementation of Asset4000 to support component accounting for its £3.4 billion assets. Dennis Callaghan, chief accountant, Southwark Council, said, “The complexity of having to adopt IFRS accounting processes means that we need a tool to let us manage our assets at a more…
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Broadacres manages £160m assets with RAM
Yorkshire-based Broadacres Housing Association has chosen Asset4000 from Real Asset Management to manage its £160 million housing assets in line with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for component accounting. Richard Armitage, financial performance manager, Broadacres Housing Association, said, “At the moment we have a housing management system, but we knew that we would inevitably…
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