Capita Software Services signed a five-year contract in July 2009 to implement Capita Support at People 1st Slough, the ALMO which manages Slough Borough Council’s 7500 homes. This follows the joint decision of the ALMO and the council to replace their housing management systems with Capita Housing. Capita Support enables housing providers to carry out…
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Customer Management
Double win for Lagan in Ayrshire
Both North and South Ayrshire councils have adopted Lagan’s enterprise case management (ECM) system. The two councils have taken advantage of the national framework agreement developed by the Improvement Service, in partnership with Scottish local government as part of the National CRM Project, which gives them a 40 per cent discount on the price that…
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Vangent shared services for Haringey ALMO
Homes for Haringey, which manages Haringey Council’s stock of 21,000 properties, has become London’s first ALMO to join a shared customer service operation run by Vangent from a state-of-the-art contact centre at London Bridge. The new service is designed to improve responsiveness for residents and tenants needing emergency help during evenings, early hours and weekends….
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Gateshead Housing extends £590,000 Northgate partnership
Gateshead Housing Company is implementing Northgate’s Front Office citizen relationship management system after signing a five-year, £590,000 contract with the software provider. The ALMO for Gateshead Metropolitan Council plans to use Front Office to improve services to its 21,000 tenants. By continuing its existing relationship with Northgate, Gateshead Housing expects to increase the number of…
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How social are you?
Do you know your LinkedIn from your Facebook, or how often to ‘tweet’ on Twitter? Having become well established among individual consumers, social networks are now being used by all types of commercial organisations to communicate with customers, prospects and staff. Housing Technology asked a number of housing associations how they use social media and…
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Tristar Homes on the case with Lagan
As part of a shared services agreement with Stockton Borough Council, Tristar Homes is expecting to go live in July 2009 with an enterprise case management (ECM) system from Lagan. Based in Stockton-on-Tees and responsible for managing 10,000 of the council’s properties, Tristar receives hundreds of enquiries from tenants each day. Once the ECM system…
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