Many small housing providers are struggling to source a repairs software solution that can deliver the key benefits of an enterprise system yet at an affordable price. Most housing providers are looking to fulfil their business objectives to improve efficiency and provide digital inclusion by introducing technologies such as repair diagnostics, self-service portals, mobile working…
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Finance Management
Procurement is much more than just OJEU…
Housing Technology interviewed CJC Procurement about the opportunities and pitfalls of the IT and business procurement processes. What is ‘value for money’ in IT procurement? Well, for starters, value for money is not simply savings; it’s far more complex and yet far simpler. Value for money in IT procurement is the demonstrable improvement made in…
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Civica’s Keystone asset management at CCG
Following the roll-out of Civica’s Keystone integrated asset management software, Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd’s front-line staff can now answer tenants’ queries at the first point of contact across a range of areas including planned works, stock-condition data and servicing due dates. Furthermore, CCG surveyors are actively collecting and validating stock condition data out in the field…
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Home Group and Newlon choose Integrator and Notus
Home Group has chosen Integrator Housing Solutions’ asset management software for its 6,000 leasehold properties alongside the software provider’s Notus Pocket Surveyor software to be used by its contractors. Philip Wragg, project manager, Home Group, said, “We’ve used this system for many years with some of our properties and now that we’re embarking on a…
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SDS launches new asset management consultancy
Shelton Development Services has just launched a new asset consultancy to help the housing sector. Born out of SDS, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of project appraisal, control and profiling software, SDS Asset Consultancy reported that it will be using ‘active asset management’ to deliver the necessary business intelligence to understand its customers’ current…
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Southwark streamlines service charges with Northgate
The London Borough of Southwark has streamlined its service charge process with help from Northgate Public Services. With the Right to Buy policy increasing the number of leaseholders, the council realised that it was vital that service charges were billed correctly and collected promptly, so it commissioned an end-to-end review of service processes to check…
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