Karen Conneely, Group Commercial Manager, Real Asset Management, outlines the way ISO-55000 is set to change corporate attitudes to asset maintenance and explains the fundamental importance of a good computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) in delivering critical asset information and enabling process change. Maintenance managers know that proactive asset management can cut costs and improve…
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Finance Management
Capita wins ERP deal at Progress Housing
Progress Housing Group has signed a three-year contract with Capita Integrated Business Solutions for its Integra finance and procurement software. The system is scheduled to go live during April 2015. The software will enable the housing provider to improve its finance, payroll and HR processes, including automated alerts and reports for better business intelligence. The…
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Interview with SDS – IT, funding and politics in housing
After five years as CEO of Shelton Development Services, Housing Technology interviewed Phil Shelton about IT, funding and political changes in social housing. How has IT affected the housing sector since 2009 when you took over at Shelton Development Services? The technology has advanced considerably since 2009, when the iPhone 3 had only been out…
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Family Mosaic reports on UC pilot with Allpay
In the light of the welfare reforms, Family Mosaic has reported how it has been using Allpay’s swipe cards and payments services to minimise arrears during its participation in one of the government’s direct payment demonstration projects. The contract value was reported to be in the region of £160,000. Family Mosaic has been using Allpay’s…
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Peabody cuts arrears with Mobysoft
Mobysoft’s housing intelligence product RentSense is helping Peabody to provide targeted support to tenants affected by welfare reform. Working with Mobysoft, it has implemented the rent arrears decision engine which uses complex algorithms to analyse accounts and pinpoint which cases need further attention. This gives Peabody the insight to better support those affected, and use…
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Capita offers Pingit payments with Barclays
Capita has integrated Barclays’ Pingit mobile payment app into its payment solutions, and is now offering its existing housing payments customers the option to receive payments from their tenants via the app. Tenants will be able to pay their rent using a smartphone to scan a QR code on their rent statement and make a…
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