Mobysoft’s MobileLogic text-messaging system is being used by A2Dominion as part of its strategy to reduce problems with rent arrears among residents in its 30,000 properties in London and Southern England. For many housing providers, using first-generation text messaging to solve common problems is nothing new, particularly for outbound reminders to tenants about relatively straightforward…
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E-documents at Sanctuary with EDM
Sanctuary Group has implemented electronic document storage and retrieval with the help of EDM Group, which has moved over 1 million documents online and continues to process a further 150,000 images each year. Sanctuary Group, which manages 73,000 properties and employs more than 5500 staff, faced the familiar problem of finding that its paper-based documents…
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IT overhaul for Argyll Community
Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just announced details of the implementation late last year of a new HR and payroll system from Cascade HR and other updates to its IT applications. Since stock transfer in November 2006, ACHA has been steadily improving and updating the technology infrastructure which supports its management of over 5000…
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Bracknell Forest’s £600,000 deal with Northgate
As part of its housing improvement and refurbishment plans, Bracknell Forest Homes has signed a five-year, £600,000 contact with Northgate Public Services. Northgate and BFH, who together employ around 340 people locally, began work last month on the new system to support BFH’s housing management and repairs services. It is expected to be live in…
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Affordable HR system for housing from Qikker
Qikker Solutions has developed Epad, a web-based HR and communication channel which ensures that all employees can be reached wherever they are working. Powered by technology from Sorce, the intranet, extranet and portal specialists, Epad lets employees take control of every aspect of their day-to-day work. This includes keeping abreast of company initiatives and announcements,…
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Taking a broad view
Michael Newey is group chief executive of Broadland Housing Association which provides 4500 homes across Norfolk and Suffolk, and recently acquired training and employment services charity Meridian East. I joined Broadland as chief executive in 2003. The IT infrastructure I inherited was rather chaotic with a diverse mixture of hardware, operating systems and applications so…
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