Home Group is about to start a pilot project of a purchase-to-pay system from EGS which it hopes will save around £7 million over the next eight years. Once operational, the EGS system will be used by up to 1,000 Home Group staff. The new system, which comprises the full suite of EGS’s services, is…
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To share or not to share
Shared services have been growing in popularity over the last few years as housing providers realise that shared services allows them to either gain access to products and services that they couldn’t otherwise afford on their own or use their IT budgets more prudently by leveraging the costs savings and economies of scale inherent in…
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Home Group halves £1m travel budget with Citrix
Home Group is using web conferencing tools from Citrix Online to allow over 4000 staff communicate online across Home’s 565 UK locations, halving its £1 million travel budget and increasing employee productivity. By using GoToMeeting, Citrix’s online meeting service, Home Group has removed the need for unnecessary travel to face-to-face meetings by conducting online sessions…
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Waterstons’ SoA platform for Home Group
As part of a five-year IT strategy, Home Group has implemented a service-oriented architecture (SoA) across its operations. Developed by Waterstons, the focus for Home’s SoA was content consolidation and management against a background of continuous business change and regulatory oversight. One of the UK’s largest housing providers with 52,000 properties and 4000 employees, Home…
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No place like Home
With an annual turnover of more than £230 million, 52,000 homes and supporting over 18,000 people across the UK, Home Group is one of the UK’s largest housing providers. Housing Technology interviewed Keith Woolley, director of IT at Home Group and a relatively new arrival to social housing, to find out his view on the…
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Major desktop refresh at Home Group
Home Group has just completed a major desktop refresh programme across its 250 sites with the help of European Electronique. Beginning in October 2008 and ending in February 2009, the aim of Home Group’s programme was to provide a consistent operating system and IT environment across the organisation to reduce maintenance and support. In common…
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