Soprano Solutions has been chosen by Irwell Valley Housing Association for the implementation of a purchase-to-pay procurement system. The centralised ordering system is expected to enable the housing provider to better manage purchase order and invoice processing to minimise unauthorised expenditure, while reducing administration by as much as 50 per cent. The Soprano system replaces…
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ROCC’s 5-year contract with Wandsworth
London Borough of Wandsworth has awarded a five-year contract to ROCC for a new IT system covering housing, finance and repairs as well as highways and transport. Based on ROCC’s Uniclass Enterprise product, the new system is expected to cover responsive and planned maintenance, project and budget monitoring, purchasing and stock management, job costing and…
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Launch of housing consultancy network
Montal IT Consulting, Stuttard Davies, Altair and five other consultancies specialising in the housing sector have joined forces to create the Consultants4Housing network to offer customers a single point of contact for a wide range of consulting skills. Consultants4Housing will provide strategic advice, business planning, process re-engineering, marketing, training and interim management across a range…
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Kier takes on more apprentices
Continuing Housing Technology’s support for apprenticeship schemes in housing, we are pleased to report that Kier has taken on 10 apprentices around North Tyneside. The four new apprentices will work with Kier’s repairs and maintenance staff, alongside the six administrative apprentices that Kier already has in its offices. The new starters, who are aged between…
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Shared services key to budget constraints – Civica
A survey by Civica of around 100 social housing and local government service directors and IT managers at its annual conference in January 2012 showed that 89 per cent thought that shared services were a viable solution to budget freezes and cuts, up from 52 per cent in last year’s survey and 24 per cent…
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‘Clouding over’ report from CloudXL
Cloud computing has the potential to slash costs, improve efficiency and deliver a new range of valuable tenant services by 2015, according to a new report from CloudXL. The ‘Clouding over: Forecasts of big change for the housing sector’ report identified some of the advantages of cloud computing including: Employees can work and share information…
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