A new knowledge management tool developed by IT specialists Technology Services Group (TSG) has saved Home Group £220,000 in its first year of operation and reduced the training time for new call-centre staff by almost 70 per cent, from one month to just 10 days. Home Group receives over 24,000 repair calls every month. Inefficiencies…
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Hyde goes gigabit with Hyperoptic
Hyde Group is soon to offer its tenants access to the fastest broadband service in the UK from Hyperoptic. Enabled by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) provider Hyperoptic, the project will be piloted from September 2016 across six of Hyde’s existing developments in south London and two of its new-build sites in Southwark and Harrow. Hyperoptic said that…
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Housing providers need to integrate digital
According to a new survey by Omfax, while more than half of housing providers’ contact centres now routinely manage social media and just under half have a tenant portal, a significant proportion of providers have yet to integrate digital alongside their existing phone and face-to-face contact channels. Omfax’s Graddon said, “Some housing providers are already…
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Orbit launches digital tenancy sign-ups
Orbit Group has created ‘Orbit Move’ in partnership with Prodo Digital to provide a faster and easier way to complete the sign-up process for new tenancies. A responsive website and mobile app help Orbit staff and their prospective tenants complete the process in five simple steps. Unlike other digital sign-up platforms in the housing sector,…
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Salix Homes brings free wi-fi to ‘silver surfers’
Salix Homes has teamed up with Salford Council to have free wi-fi installed at its eight sheltered housing complexes for the elderly across the city. The initiative comes after Salford was awarded £2 million from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to install free wi-fi access points in public buildings including libraries and community…
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Omfax signs Your Homes Newcastle and South Tyneside Homes
Omfax has been chosen by Your Homes Newcastle which is implementing Keyfax InterView, Repairs Diagnostic and Keyfax Repairs Online, all of which are intended to enhance customer satisfaction by improving the accuracy and consistency of repairs ordering and offering tenants the choice of self-service. At the same time, South Tyneside Homes has now bought Omfax’s…
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