Many organisations face the challenge of communicating complex financial information to their board and other stakeholders. This is particularly important given the need to understand risk in mergers and acquisitions as well as planning major developments and on-going operations. This article explores the use of interactive graphics and dashboards to monitor performance and understand complex…
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Finance Management
South Lakes’ on-going gains from Mobysoft’s RentSense
South Lakes Housing has reported on how it has been using Mobysoft’s RentSense arrears management software since 2012 and almost halved its arrears. Simon Hughes, head of income, South Lakes Housing, said, “When we started using RentSense in 2012, we had generic housing officers and they were having to check all 3,000 accounts, which was…
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Allpay gains CCS payments accreditation
Allpay has been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) payment solutions framework (RM3828). Steve Hope, account manager, Allpay, said, “As a supplier on the CCS payment solutions framework, Allpay can provide prepaid payment cards via ‘Lot 2’, which allows organisations to disperse funds to those in need, in a safe, secure and…
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Outsourcing and shared services
In recent years, shared services and outsourced services have tended to morph into a single area as housing providers seek to optimise budgets. The original objective was to collaborate within the sector, to effectively share the provision of a service by one part of an organisation or group, but this only took into account the…
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Housing procurement and Brexit
At the time of writing (early March 2019), Britain will exit the EU at 23:00 on Friday 29 March. You might also be aware that the Public Procurement Regulations 2015, which are the UK’s transposition of European procurement rules into domestic law, apply to the social housing sector. A no-deal Brexit is currently still a…
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Easier asset management and compliance
How do we manage risk in social housing, is it always seen in its entirety, and is it visible to everyone? The problem we have with risk is that it can be subjective; individual perception means that in some cases the mindset of specific departments creates a level of risk that is hidden from the…
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