Author: Simon Peacock, Sovereign Housing The health and safety of our customers is the number one priority for Sovereign. It always will be. At the same time, we need to make sure we look after our people working to help us achieve this. As the Covid-19 crisis continues to take a grip on society, we need…
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Making the most of Microsoft Teams
Author: Tony Hughes, TSG Who would have thought it – three weeks ago we were enjoying another fabulous Housing Technology event and preparing to deliver our presentation on the latest and greatest Office 365 features including chatbots, form processing and all things AI. Now we’re in lockdown, mobilising workers for home-working to help the country fight…
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10 tips for tenant communications
Author: Muhammed Shaikh, Voicescape As social housing providers step up measures to safeguard tenants during the developing COVID-19 situation, the need to communicate clear, reliable and timely information has become essential. Here, we offer 10 tips for handling your tenant communications: Get a crisis comms team together; the sooner you engage them in planning your…
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Tough times & sharing your experiences
These are incredibly difficult times, and both our personal and working lives are set to be extraordinarily different for at least the next few months. There will be many challenges ahead, but together we can help to build resilience and support each other in our respective endeavours. We saw the strength that housing providers can…
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Keeping teams connected during the lockdown
Author: Paul Young, Orchard Here at Orchard we’re into week two of all of our staff working remotely from home. We have around 45 permanent home workers and our staff often work from home regularly anyway but this is the first time that everyone has worked remotely at the same time. So far, it’s going well…
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Three top tips on how to prepare today to protect the future
Author: David Todd, BigChange In the wake of the current crisis we’re all facing, it’s more important than ever to prepare today to protect the future of any business large or small. David Todd, social housing consultant to BigChange, shares three tips on how all housing organisations can adopt new technologies to provide sustainable remote…
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