Housing Technology interviewed a group of women involved in housing IT from Adra, Civica, Community Housing, Northgate Public Services, PIMSS Data Systems, Prodo Digital and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing about their various roles in IT, any challenges they’ve faced as women in a traditionally fairly male-dominated sector and how more women can be encouraged to consider…
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Finance Management
Southside Housing chooses Orchard for ERP
Southside Housing has chosen Orchard as the ERP partner for its digital transformation programme, with the deployment of Orchard’s housing, asset and finance software packages. Southside Housing’s digital strategy is intended to be underpinned by a suite of technology that’s customer accessible, produces dynamic information, supports efficiency and creates mobile flexibility. Chris Milborrow, business improvement…
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Uncertainty and opportunity
I’m sure I don’t need to set out the political and economic issues we currently operate within. I certainly have no intention of commenting on them, except to highlight that uncertainty seems to be everywhere. In an uncertain world, certainty is exceptionally valuable and there are opportunities here. One of those opportunities is to review…
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A bird’s eye view of the future
Drone surveying is the latest technology to empower stock condition assessments and support both surveyors and asset managers in their day-to-day work. Scaffolding, ladders, cherry pickers – these are all bits of kit which instil fear into the minds of health and safety managers. But they’re necessary pieces of equipment for completing full maintenance and…
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Coadjute brings blockchain technology to housing
Bromford, L&Q, Notting Hill Genesis and Origin Housing are working in conjunction with Coadjute, a blockchain-style platform for decentralised workflow and data sharing, to improve safety, quality and accountability in housing projects. The group’s Quality Chain project is currently at a proof-of-concept stage, with the aim of creating a market-ready product by March 2020. Based…
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Onward Homes selects RentSense
Onward Homes has selected Mobysoft’s RentSense software to help its income teams manage their arrears workloads and support tenants in their transition to universal credit. Robert Davies, income and financial inclusion manager, Onward Homes, said, “We decided to buy RentSense due to an increase in our rent arrears due to the impact of welfare reform…
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