Places for People has optimised its ‘source-to-pay’ process with Proactis, with the aim of improving transparency and due diligence across the group’s tendering processes, achieve compliance with European directives for tendering and a gain a single, unilateral view of all contract documents and supply-chain partners. Places for People publishes 30-40 large formal tenders each year,…
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066 - November 2018
Technology’s up, down and all around
We have just published our ‘E-State of the Nation 2018/19’ report (now available from www.housing-technology.com/2018report), covering how housing providers are using (and plan to use) technology for their internal business operations and external tenant services. Amid the wealth of up-to-date research and analysis within the report, a few points are worthy of particular attention: IT…
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Is text messaging right for you?
Ofcom reported in 2017 that 94 per cent of adults in the UK now own or use a mobile phone. Text messaging therefore presents housing providers with a powerful tool to improve the quality of their communications with tenants. OmniLedger’s sales and marketing executive, Eric Lau, explores the implications involved with adopting intelligent text messaging…
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Energy Angels saves £25m for housing providers & tenants
Against a background of rising energy prices and a shortage of housing, void specialists Energy Angels has reported that it has saved housing providers and their tenants more than £25 million, boosted housing stock availability and helped to tackle fuel poverty. Since its launch 12 years ago, the Wolverhampton-based company has partnered with numerous housing…
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Guildford Council selects Mobysoft’s RentSense
Guildford Council has bought Mobysoft’s RentSense to help mitigate the projected impact of universal credit. Siobhan Rumble, landlord services manager, Guildford Borough Council, said, “Our [annualised] collection rate is 100.02%, but with the introduction of universal credit on the horizon, we can’t afford to stand still. We know that our income officers’ workloads will increase…
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Asset management for smaller RSLs
If you’re an asset manager, you’re probably consistently having to do more and with less, just like many of your colleagues in other areas of your operations. The situation is compounded further in smaller housing providers where every member of your team has to ‘wear a different hat’ every day and juggle different responsibilities –…
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