Author: Chris McLaughlin, MIS Active Management Systems As a provider of housing management systems, we’ve seen at first-hand how resilient and adaptable our housing customers have been. Many have been turning to their housing management systems to respond rapidly to change, enabling them to do the same tasks in a different way, and in some…
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Fortem maintains services for business as usual
Source: Fortem On-site tradespeople comprise 55 per cent of Fortem’s property maintenance and repairs workforce, meaning communication and engagement is a major challenge, let alone when there is a global pandemic with strict isolation measures set by the government. In response to the pandemic, it was important that we had the correct measures to facilitate…
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How Housing Systems is adapting to Covid-19
Source: Housing Systems Things are moving so quickly, with changes announced by the government almost daily, it’s vital that those who work in social housing can keep up to date. As a small company, with lots to do, the Coronavirus outbreak has made it more important than ever that we prioritise our workload and work…
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Maintaining productivity & socialising while working from home
Source: Hallnet & the Active Housing Team Like most organisations, our biggest adjustment during the Covid-19 outbreak has been shifting from office working to working from home. Not only has this been a new experience from a work and productivity perspective but also from a social perspective. To try and replicate our normal working week…
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Community Fibre – Online and on the road
Source: Graeme Oxby, Community Fibre Throughout the lockdown, Community Fibre has been doing all we can to ensure we continue delivering 100 per cent full fibre broadband to homes across London. The importance of the telecommunications sector can’t be understated during this period of national emergency, with millions of people across the UK relying on…
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Community wifi during the pandemic
Source: Housing Solutions The web has transformed virtually every aspect of public, private and work life by enabling people to have easy access to a diversity of resources and as Landlords it is important that we seek to minimise digital exclusion amongst our residents by providing Wi-Fi access. Lack of connectivity can isolate people; with…
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