In order to manage its stock viability options using net present value (NPV) calculations and neighbourhood insight scoring, Magenta Living is using In4Systems’ Options Appraisal software. Previously, Magenta Living held internal reviews to discuss any issues with particular neighbourhoods but with only limited financial analysis carried out at the level of individual properties, it wanted…
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Finance Management
Is the LHA cap working?
Is the local housing allowance (LHA) cap creating a postcode lottery for the most vulnerable in our society? Where rents are at their lowest in the poorer areas of the UK, the development of new homes is often being redirected to less needy areas in order to gain higher returns. With various freezes and cuts…
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Budget time – Are you spending wisely?
As organisations across the country approach the end of another financial year, all eyes are on budgets. Assessing spending over the last year and crunching the numbers for the year ahead is the name of the game right now. For housing providers, sensitivity to cost is crucial and it always has been. We know from…
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Digital evolution from Orchard
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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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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