There are many reasons why a housing provider may want to vary a software contract, including to: Add user licences; Extend support and maintenance arrangements; Install upgrades, potentially to a new/replacement product; and Add new modules to an existing system. Before doing any of these, a provider should assess the public procurement implications. It’s a…
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Finance Management
East Suffolk Council cuts arrears by £250k with Mobysoft
East Suffolk Council has reduced its arrears by over £250,000 during the past 15 months after its implementation of Mobysoft’s RentSense software. Samantha Shimmon, head of tenant services, East Suffolk Council, said, “As soon as we’d completed the deployment of RentSense, our income team was able to get through its weekly caseload; this has not…
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Cadline’s ‘golden thread’ platform
Cadline’s DynamicAIM asset management software now supports the ‘golden thread’ outlined in the Hackitt report. DynamicAIM is an all-in-one solution for digitising building details including all BIM, survey and asset information, enabling property owners and managers to securely preserve and access vital information when needed. Wolverhampton Council and Peabody Group are two early adopters of…
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Managing demand during the housing crisis
Increase sales productivity with Dynamics 365 and ClickDimensions. Last December, Homes England reported that during April-September 2020, the number of housing starts was the lowest since 2012/13, at 11,313 homes. Housing completions had also decreased to 11,358 houses, the lowest since 2015/16. However, the reduction of both housing starts and completions is in part due…
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Plentific’s online maintenance & repairs at Centrepoint
Homelessness charity Centrepoint is set to use Plentific’s platform to manage the repairs and maintenance of its hostels for homeless young people. Through the platform, Centrepoint will be connected to a marketplace of approved local contractors and gain insights about the repairs and maintenance operations of its properties. Plentific’s technology platform and online marketplace will…
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Plentific expands online contractor platform
Plentific has upgraded its online repairs and maintenance platform so that housing providers can now use it to manage their existing contractor relationships. The platform’s new ‘appointed contractor’ feature means housing providers can choose to assign work orders to a mixture of their preferred contractors, their own workforce or from Plentific’s marketplace of approved contractors,…
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