RCT Homes has seen a surge in its tenants paying by digital payment channels which now represent more than half the value of payments it otherwise takes by debit and credit cards. The housing provider is using Allpay to offer tenants multiple payment options across cash, card and direct debits. In the past year, RCT…
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Finance Management
Income collection is everyone’s problem
Income collection needs to start as a technology challenge, with the automated elements being made to work harder so that the people element can work smarter, explains John Doyle, managing director of The Housing Contact Company. As the roller coaster of the financial year for housing providers continues its relentless cycle, most income teams find…
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Adactus streamlines purchasing with Invu
Invu has implemented a new purchase order processing (POP) system at Adactus Housing Group, adding to its earlier implementations of an electronic document management system and an automated accounts payable system, both from Invu. The new system is intended to give the housing provider better control of its spending across all departments combined with a…
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Derbyshire and Staffordshire councils to save £3m with Northgate procurement plans
Two councils in Derbyshire and Staffordshire have joined forces in a strategic alliance in order to save £3 million on their combined purchasing arrangements, following a partnership with Northgate Public Services to update their procurement activities. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and High Peak Borough Council have already saved a total of £620,000 a year and,…
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Victory for Castle
Victory Housing Trust has chosen Castle Computer Services to carry out a major upgrade of its finance and reporting systems. Castle will implement Infor SunSystems, along with Infor’s budgeting and forecasting, expense@work and purchase2pay software, Asset 4000 from Real Asset Management, and QlikView’s Business Intelligence. Nathan Thompson, finance manager, Victory Housing Trust, said, “We’ve had…
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Magenta Living’s asset team wins ‘Project of the Year’
Magenta Living’s asset management team were awarded ‘project of the year’ at the National Housing Maintenance Forum’s recent annual dinner. The housing provider won the award for its development and implementation of a post-decency investment strategy called Project Save, from which emerged the need for neighbourhood regeneration as well as addressing the challenge of fuel…
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