Aberdeen City Council is using software from Northgate Public Services to enable earlier interventions regarding rent arrears. The council has implemented Northgate’s Payment Arrangements and Task Manager modules. Aberdeen City Council wanted to improve how it collected rent from its 22,000 properties by engaging with tenants before rent arrears became a problem and by offering…
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EkkoSense wins renewables software deal at Nottingham City Homes
EkkoSense, an energy management specialist, has won a contract from Nottingham City Council, on behalf of Nottingham City Homes, to supply monitoring software for over 3,000 solar installations. EkkoSense’s web-based monitoring system will check each solar installation daily, providing all of the information needed to claim any income generated by the solar panels along with…
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Mplsystems secures Innovate UK funding for IoT mobile solution
Mplsystems has just won its second funding award from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. The ‘Advanced Engineer Scheduling Optimisation & Prediction’ (AESOP) project will prototype a new application to enable real-time optimisation of field service technicians using the internet of things (IoT) and other external feeds. The AESOP project will combine real-time data feeds…
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Lanarkshire Housing moves digital tenants with MIS-AMS
Lanarkshire Housing Association has just implemented automated text, CRM and mobile solutions from MIS-AMS, alongside its existing use of the software provider’s ActiveH housing management system. The new solutions will improve communications with tenants as well as providing housing and maintenance officers with a mobile solution to gain access to important information while working in…
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Wheatley Group & Derwent Living sign with Housing Contact
The Wheatley Group and Derwent Living have both signed up to use Housing Contact’s Call2Collect software to tackle their rent arrears. The two housing providers are using Call2Collect to contact multiple tenants simultaneously using call automation. When a tenant picks up the call, they then have the option of pressing a number to be connected…
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Could it be the Golden Years for the internet of things already?
Technology in the home, historically, has been adopted and accepted for two main reasons: time-saving, and time-enhancing. We began adapting the physical design of our houses to accommodate technology with the advent of fitted kitchens and gas boilers. Now, things are about to change again. The internet of things will change residential design The internet…
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