Southern Housing Group has begun using a web-based ‘software as a service’ system from BluTek for its property sales and marketing activities. Mark Sutton, sales and marketing director, Southern Housing Group, said, “When we began our initiative to improve efficiency and increase income from the sale and marketing of our property portfolios, we knew we…
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Finance Management
Antonine’s SoRP compliance plans with RAM
Antonine Housing Association is implementing Real Asset Management’s Asset4000 component accounting software in readiness for the April 2012 deadline for SoRP compliance. From April 2012, housing providers will have to break their asset accounting down into individual components; anything that is currently deemed replaceable, such as a roof or bathroom, will count as an individual…
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Guinness Northern Counties charges ahead with Opus IT
Guinness Northern Counties has gone live with service charge management software from Opus Information Technology and has just completed its first set of accounts for its rented and right-to-buy properties. The customised Ensemble software from Opus IT extends Guinness Northern Counties’ existing Falcon tool for service charge management developed by Opus IT in 2007, covering…
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Peabody spends £70k on Touchstone procurement
Peabody Trust is completing the implementation of a new procurement and financial management system from Touchstone. The long-term project, which began in 2008, has involved the integration of Touchstone’s Proactis procurement software with Peabody’s existing SunSystems financial system. Touchstone reported that the contract value was in the region of £70,000. In common with many housing…
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Southern Housing gets Orchard e-procurement
Orchard Information Systems has completed the installation of an e-procurement system at Southern Housing Group. In addition to supplying the necessary software tools, Orchard was closely involved in educating SHG’s staff on the benefits of e-procurement and ensuring the new system was widely and correctly adopted by the relevant users. As part of the pre-implementation…
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Tackling tenancy fraud with technology
Proactively detecting fraud by those who illegally sublet their council house means that social housing can benefit more of those in need. Fraud detection can also ensure local authorities and housing associations get maximum value from their housing stock. Housing minister Grant Shapps announced in December 2010 that he would be cracking down on housing…
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