Neighbourhub, a partnership between Visualmetrics and Places for People, has signed a three year agreement with Rhondda Housing Association to deliver enhanced neighbourhood analysis and drive housing service delivery. Rhondda Housing will follow Neighbourhub’s five-step approach: The breakdown of existing housing stock groupings, and the creation of focused neighbourhood units. In-year and on-going monitoring of…
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Places for People
Procurement Hub launched by Places for People
Places for People has launched a new procurement service, offering a comprehensive bundle of IT services for itself and other housing providers to buy without getting caught up in lengthy procurement processes. The housing provider’s Procurement Hub comprises seven ‘lots’ of core software and hardware, delivered by five IT suppliers: Open Reality (client, server and…
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Places for People’s stock data on the move with PIMSS Data Systems
PIMSS Data System has completed the deployment of iPad Minis running its pimss4tablets software for Places for People’s asset management team to compile stock data while out and about. The adoption of a mobile solution is an attempt by Places for People to reduce the administrative burden and paperwork associated with its stock condition surveys….
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Keep taking the tablets – Places for People & PIMSS Data Systems
Places for People has just implemented PIMSS Data Systems’ new tablet solution, pimss4tablets, for all of its surveying operations. Dean Moran from Places for People said, “We had been exploring mobile technology for some time, but we found that the available solutions were either unreliable or expensive so when pimss4tablets came along we were keen…
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Places for People goes virtual with Open Reality to save £730,000
Places for People has reported that it has saved £730,000 in capital costs and £100,000 in annual operational costs following its introduction of Citrix thin-client infrastructure from Open Reality and its partner Bright Cloud. Places for People’s move from desktop PCs to thin clients was prompted by a doubling of its workforce to 3,000 staff…
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Neighbourhub launched by Visualmetrics & Places for People
Places for People and Visualmetrics have collaborated to create Neighbourhub, a five-stage process intended to improve housing management performance, increase profitability and strengthen neighbourhood sustainability. By defining, analysing, and measuring neighbourhood performance using interactive dashboards, the goals of Neighbourhub are to reduce property turnover, arrears, void losses and repair costs at the same time as…
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