iOpt was the only Scottish company to win a recent global competition by Places for People to find companies with innovative housing-related technologies. Approximately 160 companies from around the world entered the competition to join the housing provider’s Innovation Lab programme, the aim of which is to transform the performance of Places for People’s property…
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Places for People invests in Impact Reporting
Places for People has invested in Impact Reporting, a Manchester-based technology start-up created by the founders of Reason Digital. The housing provider has been working with the software provider for the past two years on its social impact reporting tools. The company is already valued at £2 million after its first year of trading and…
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Places for People’s tendering software from Proactis
Places for People has optimised its ‘source-to-pay’ process with Proactis, with the aim of improving transparency and due diligence across the group’s tendering processes, achieve compliance with European directives for tendering and a gain a single, unilateral view of all contract documents and supply-chain partners. Places for People publishes 30-40 large formal tenders each year,…
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Castleton’s repairs contract with Places for People
Places for People has extended its contract for Castleton Technology’s Maintain software (formerly ImpactResponse), covering repairs management, technical services, cloud hosting and integration middleware for the housing provider’s core business applications. The Castleton software is now being used by 500 repairs and maintenance operatives, 200 back-office staff and 60 customer service advisors, and covers over…
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“Alexa, how are our tenants?”
I’ve recently bought a new toy. Amazon’s Echo Dot is a voice interface that enables me to ask my Alexa digital assistant questions about the weather, Wikipedia and the ongoing misfortunes of my football team. You may have seen Alexa at the Housing Technology 2017 conference in March during Capita’s inspiring presentation. Alexa comes with…
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Places for People deploys SDS ProVal
SDS is celebrating over 20 years of its ProVal software with a major order from Places for People. The deal involves 180 licences for ProVal, SDS’s viability software, and Sequel, its project monitoring tool, following a review of the housing provider’s existing system. The deal is the largest in SDS’s 22-year history and follows Places…
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