Curo Housing is using Series4000 from Real Asset Management to manage its component accounting as well as its non-housing assets throughout the business, comprising 11,000 properties in Bath and 90,000 assets. The housing provider has been using Series4000 for the last five years to track its non-housing assets, replacing time-consuming and inefficient Excel spreadsheets. It…
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Finance Management
Severn Vale Housing saves £400k with ‘value for money’ culture
Following a critical Short Notice Inspection report by the Audit Commission, Severn Vale Housing Society has transformed its procurement processes with the help of the Buying Support Agency and has already made savings of over £400,000 in the first year. Tim Knight, Finance Director at Severn Vale Housing Society, said, “Nobody likes negative feedback, but…
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Management information for procurement
As procurement comes under increasing scrutiny, Procurement for Housing’s strategic procurement manager, Rob Peck, asks if CIOs are providing the necessary management information to drive business efficiencies. A major challenge for many CIOs is providing senior managers with the management information they need to make business decisions. This is particularly so when it comes to…
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Riverside implements C365 Online cloud system for regulatory compliance
Riverside Housing has deployed a new cloud-based system to ensure that all of its properties are fully compliant with existing regulations. The housing provider is using C365 Online’s compliance management system to cut through its internal red tape and ensure that it is meeting its legal obligations. C365 Online’s hosted solution lets Riverside’s asset management…
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Integrated communications for welfare reform
Helena Partnerships’ executive director for business transformation, Liz Haworth, explains how a multi-channel approach is used to engage with tenants about welfare reform. Welfare reform continues to be the biggest challenge affecting our tenants and our business, and since 2012 Helena has been running a robust communications campaign to help over 3,000 tenants to prepare…
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Housing Contact pilot reduces arrears at Adactus Housing
Adactus Housing Group began a trial last month of an automated text and voice service from the Housing Contact Company in a bid to reduce late payments and rent arrears. The Call-2-Collect service automatically extracts data from Adactus’s housing management system every day to initiate a mixture of interactive telephone calls and SMS messaging to…
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