We’re all familiar with the idea of the smart house of the future fitted with labour-saving gadgets and providing services to its occupants at the touch of a button. Some of the ideas are a bit fanciful, even James Bond-like, but developments in technology are taking us in that direction and none more so than…
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030 - November 2012
Swindon Commercial Services reports on Consilium project
Having used Consilium’s TotalMobile application for the last six years, Swindon Commercial Services has reported savings of over £50,000 per year alongside considerable productivity improvements. Neil Saunders, renewable energy projects manager, Swindon Commercial Services, said, “TotalMobile has revolutionised our housing repairs, maintenance and servicing business, with engineers working more efficiently without the constant relay back…
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Identicom protects One Housing workers
One Housing Group is using Connexion2 devices from Identicom to protect its lone workers. One Housing staff entering a new or possibly dangerous situation can activate an ‘amber alert’ to leave a brief voice message detailing where they are, whom they are seeing and the possible risks. This message is accessed by an alarm receiving…
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Telecetera signs 5-year deal with Cheltenham Borough Homes
Cheltenham Borough Homes has introduced mobile working after entering into a five-year contract with Telecetera for its Connect mobile workforce system. Connect includes an appointment and scheduling module and integrates with multiple back-office systems so that CBH can roll out the mobile system to all of its field-based workers including its maintenance and repairs staff….
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Festival saves £170,000 with Clearview
Festival Housing began using Clearview in 2005, upgrading to a later version in 2009 and more recently completed a project to automate the majority of the KPIs in the Clearview performance scorecard module by populating them direct from the source systems. Lee Parkes, performance manager, Festival Housing, said, “To meet our performance needs, we need…
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Rooftop performs with Clearview
Rooftop has been using the Clearview software since 2007 and since then it has achieved both a three-star and excellent rating from the Audit Commission and a gold accreditation from Investors in People. In both instance the assessors commented on how effectively the Clearview systems were used by Rooftop. Sheila Morris, human resources director, Rooftop…
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