Cadcorp sponsored two recent GIS and mapping events in London and Manchester, with speakers from L&Q, Greenfields Community Housing, Wakefield & District Housing and Emapsite. Graham Naggs from L&Q explained how GIS can be easily funded on the back of the cost savings made in negotiating grounds maintenance contracts alone, but he also pointed out…
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Peaks & Plains and Staffordshire Housing share back-up services with Keylogic
Neighbouring housing providers, Peaks & Plains Housing Trust in Macclesfield and Staffordshire Housing Group in Stoke-on-Trent, have joined forces to share back-up services with help from Keylogic. Instead of paying for separate back-up services from suppliers that were charging over £25,000 per year, the two housing providers decided to share resources, services and recovery space…
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Sovereign promotes Tim Cowland to principal housing consultant
Sovereign Business Integration Group has promoted Tim Cowland to the role of its principal consultant. The appointment expands his role from his core responsibility of project delivery and consultancy assignments to now also include a senior management role in the development of Sovereign’s service proposition, business growth and thought leadership within the housing sector. Cowland’s…
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Measuring IT and achieving VFM
Housing Technology interviewed IT experts from Britannic Technologies, Castle Computer Services, Clearview, DXW and Utilita Energy on how housing providers can make cost savings and achieve value for money though technology, and aligning IT with their core business objectives. Mapping IT services and their performance to key business objectives Technology is obviously fundamental to almost…
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Southern Housing hires new customer services director
Southern Housing Group has appointed Chris Harris as its new group customer services director. Harris has worked for a number of G15 housing providers, including Catalyst Housing and most recently Genesis Housing Group where he launched service improvement projects around performance and culture. He will lead the customer services directorate at SHG, with a strong…
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Ongo fills the void with Kirona
Ongo, the partnership organisation set up by North Lincolnshire Homes, is now using Kirona’s Project Planner module to manage its voids work alongside its existing Xmbrace DRS scheduling software to allocate work to its responsive repairs team. John Smith, Head of Voids, North Lincolnshire Homes, said, “Project Planner is unique in the way it breaks…
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