Procurement for Housing has launched a new telecommunications agreement covering the procurement of calls, lines, data and unified communications as well as mobile communications, training and consultancy. The EU-compliant framework offers housing providers three lots which can be used at the same time or individually for both new and existing contracts. Six telecom providers will…
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Universal credit & welfare reform – How we are evolving…
Paragon, like most other housing providers, is only too aware of the impact of Welfare Reform on our business. It is now more important than ever for our IT teams to work closely, not only with front-line staff, but also with senior management to streamline technology or processes – but in an ideal situation, both….
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IT budgets – Because you’re worth it
Should the IT team be ‘in it together’ too? Is looking inwards and having the ear of senior management one approach? We have passed another Christmas and another autumn statement from George Osborne extending our period of austerity. The phrase ‘we are all in it together’ is banded about yet again, but in IT teams…
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Liverpool Mutual prepares for UC with South View
Liverpool Mutual Homes is using a new welfare reform module for South View Solutions’ mobile platform to help it prepare for the government’s welfare reforms. LMH has been managing the transition to the new welfare rules for many months, including the need to capture additional information on its tenants’ economic, social and household circumstances that…
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MidlandHR’s 100% success during RTI pilot
HMRC has confirmed that MidlandHR’s RTI software has been proven to be exceptionally reliable for submitting data using the new real time information (RTI) reporting method. 100 per cent of FPS (full payment submission) and EPS (employer payment submission) files were submitted to HMRC successfully. All but one of the EAS (employer alignment submission) files…
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Predicting and measuring rent arrears
Housing Technology asked Derek Steele, managing director of Mobysoft, for his perspective on the rent market, how income management teams are ‘getting smart’, the potential impact of welfare reforms and how they can be mitigated. After nine years of working with housing providers to optimise efficiency and improve businesses practices, it’s difficult to hear so…
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