From Bill Gill, BG Audit & Consultancy & Mark Hobart, Managing Director, Clearview Systems. The BG Audit and Clearview Systems report is available from www.clearviewbusiness.com Sir – Housing regulation is now clearly focused on risk, assurance and governance. The crucial juggling act is for organisations to remain financially viable while taking on more risk. Rigorous…
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038 - March 2014
Risky Business
From Neil Clark, Managing director, Business Markets Direct, Easynet. Sir – Protecting vast amounts of financial and personal data, integrating disparate sites, facilitating remote access and managing employees’ use of applications are all serious concerns for a housing provider. Addressing these concerns while reducing cost and improving operational efficiency are part and parcel of a…
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Risk management and technology in social housing
From Chris Potter, Director of Uniclass, ROCC. Sir – Risk comes in a number of categories within the social housing sector; it could be operational, financial, legal or even political risk. For example, any housing provider owes a duty of care to its field workers to inform them of potential hazards they may come in…
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New head of IT for Magna
Magna Housing Group has appointed David Connoley as their new group head of IT. His previous experience includes working at Barnet Group, Viridian Housing and Moat Housing, as well as companies such as Marks & Spencer, Barclays and Virgin Atlantic. Mobile working at Magna is expected to be one of the first areas to be…
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Mears’ apprentices – You’re hired!
Continuing Housing Technology’s support for apprenticeship schemes in the housing sector, we are delighted to report that Mears Group has just taken on 11 new apprentices from Gateshead College. The new intake brings the total number of apprentices working for Mears in Gateshead to more than 30. Five of the new apprentices – Michael Rodgers,…
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National Housing Federation on board with eShare
The National Housing Federation is using eShare’s BoardPacks board portal and governance software for its board meetings in order to reduce the time and cost of printing board papers, having originally discovered eShare at its own Company Secretaries Conference. The Federation is using the BoardPacks app and meeting management module. Stephen Bull, head of governance…
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