I have been getting several telephone calls a week recently asking me about Big Issue Invest’s Rental Exchange scheme. The calls are normally from staff working in the welfare reform, money advice or the arrears collection teams, but because I have not had many calls from IT managers, we thought it would be a good…
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040 - July 2014
CarelineUK leads £1m social isolation project
The telecare provider CarelineUK has received a grant of £320,000 from the UK innovation foundation Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to help elderly and vulnerable people in the South West connect with their local communities and services. CarelineUK has contributed an equal amount to the ‘Community Channel, South West’ project, with the balance…
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Universal credit and satellite navigation
Universal credit and satellite navigation: you might wonder what the two have in common. Generally speaking, a sat-nav gets you to where you want to go and it also gives you an estimate of your arrival time. If you stop for a coffee or get stuck in traffic, the clever little gizmo recalculates the time…
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Getting your house in order
Many housing providers are already using e-procurement technology to streamline their financial and purchasing processes to give a clear view of cash flow and organisational spend, while both purchase-to-pay (P2P) and source-to-pay (S2P) have become more accessible to housing providers as cloud computing has helped improve accessibility and lowered costs. With the introduction of universal…
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Switching to framework agreements
New research from payment specialists Allpay and Consortium Procurement indicates that the increasing complications of tendering for contracts is preventing housing providers and local authorities from reviewing and procuring new services, due to the high financial and time costs associated with completing a full tender process. According to the research, a third of all participants…
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Cascade HR & payroll for Shepherd’s Bush Housing
Shepherd’s Bush Housing Group is using new HR and payroll software from Cascade to support its 290-strong workforce, including a wide variety of payroll scenarios. These include different ways of handling sick pay and additional payments for washing machine installations, overnight ‘sleep ins’ for supported housing and out of hours work for maintenance operatives. Katie…
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