Orchard has reported that following the launch of its next-generation digital platform last October, it has received commitments from Kingdom Housing, Saxon Weald, Severn Vale, South Liverpool Homes and Yorkshire Housing to deploy the software. Tenancy services and self-appointing repairs are the first elements in Orchard’s digital platform, and were developed in collaboration with First…
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Finance Management
Looking beyond housing for IT procurement
Housing providers need to adopt a more commercial approach to IT procurement and a proven approach to IT implementation that is commonplace in many other sectors, according to Rob Bryan, operations director and transformation specialist at Vantage Business Solutions. My experience of procurement in other sectors is that an approach of ‘outputs first’ must be…
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New customers for Orchard’s finance software
Orchard has reported that Bolton at Home, Langley Housing Trust and Orwell Housing are planning to implement its OpenAccounts financial management solution. Orchard has also secured a new five-year contract with Orbit Group to continue supporting OpenAccounts. Orchard said that with Orchard Financials, the value of the solution is delivered through a combination of an…
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Orchard gains new Promaster customers
Gentoo Group, St Albans City and District Council and Regenda Group have all recently signed up to use Orchard’s Promaster asset management software, including on- and offline mobile working and full reporting capabilities for the Decent Homes, Scottish Housing Quality and Welsh Housing Quality standards. Doughty said, “As housing providers look to save time and…
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Rural Housing’s component accounting with Real Asset Management
Rural Housing has implemented Real Asset Management’s component accounting software to improve its fixed asset management processes, replacing its previous Excel-based reporting. Elaine McGonigle, finance manager, Rural Housing, said, “RAM’s software encompasses all of the component accounting rules, including FRS 102 and SORP 2014. The integration with our finance system is a huge benefit and…
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Poplar HARCA drives down arrears with RentSense
Poplar HARCA has reduced arrears and prepared itself for universal credit with Mobysoft’s RentSense software. Before implementing RentSense, Poplar HARCA was using its housing management system to flag arrears cases to its income team. However, the performance and effectiveness of the team was being compromised because the system was flagging cases that required no action…
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