Universal credit and satellite navigation: you might wonder what the two have in common. Generally speaking, a sat-nav gets you to where you want to go and it also gives you an estimate of your arrival time. If you stop for a coffee or get stuck in traffic, the clever little gizmo recalculates the time…
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Finance Management
Getting your house in order
Many housing providers are already using e-procurement technology to streamline their financial and purchasing processes to give a clear view of cash flow and organisational spend, while both purchase-to-pay (P2P) and source-to-pay (S2P) have become more accessible to housing providers as cloud computing has helped improve accessibility and lowered costs. With the introduction of universal…
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Switching to framework agreements
New research from payment specialists Allpay and Consortium Procurement indicates that the increasing complications of tendering for contracts is preventing housing providers and local authorities from reviewing and procuring new services, due to the high financial and time costs associated with completing a full tender process. According to the research, a third of all participants…
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Cascade HR & payroll for Shepherd’s Bush Housing
Shepherd’s Bush Housing Group is using new HR and payroll software from Cascade to support its 290-strong workforce, including a wide variety of payroll scenarios. These include different ways of handling sick pay and additional payments for washing machine installations, overnight ‘sleep ins’ for supported housing and out of hours work for maintenance operatives. Katie…
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Getting ready for universal credit
Carrying on from our article on universal credit in March 2013, Housing Technology is taking another look at how housing providers and their suppliers are addressing the introduction of universal credit. Introducing UC for housing providers The introduction of universal credit to housing providers’ tenants is almost certain to increase both the total financial volume…
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Help tenants and protect revenues
Sir – A recent poll conducted on behalf of the NHF found that 67 per cent of tenants affected by welfare reform are finding it hard to pay their rent, 55 per cent had often run out of money by the end of the week or month, 40 per cent of affected tenants had no…
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