Aster Group is consolidating its financial systems and processes across its seven subsidiaries with the implementation of FMS SunSystems from Infor. Live operation of the new finance system for 40 Aster staff is scheduled for April 2011 following a three-month implementation. Aster’s strategy behind the new system is to de-duplicate and standardise finance processes, improve…
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Raven upgrades finance systems with £90k Sapphire project
Raven Housing Trust has completed the implementation of a new e-procurement system from Sapphire Systems, using iPOS from SunSystems for financial management and Kontrolla for document management. Raven said that the implementation took three months and cost a total of around £90,000, comprising £80,000 capital costs and the balance as operational costs. Antony Green, IT…
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Capita Resourcing appointed to PfH recruitment framework
The social care and housing division of Capita Resourcing has been appointed as an approved supplier of recruitment services within Procurement for Housing’s new recruitment framework. Under the three-year framework, approved suppliers can now provide both temporary and permanent staff across a wider variety of job categories including a number of specialist housing roles. Sam…
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Capita buys iSoft for £23 million
Capita Group announced in December 2010 that it had bought iSoft Business Solutions for £23 million. iSoft Business Solutions made a pro-forma operating profit for its financial year to 30 June 2010 of £3.2 million on turnover of £17.7 million. Paul Pindar, chief executive, Capita Group said, “iSoft Business Solutions broadens Capita’s penetration in the…
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Trafford cuts rent arrears with mobysoft
Trafford Housing Trust has reduced rent arrears and improved income recovery staff productivity by 25% following the introduction of business intelligence software from Mobysoft. The new system focuses on distinguishing between technical and genuine rent arrears and in doing so, saves one day per week for each income officer. A technical arrear occurs when a…
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To share or not to share
Shared services have been growing in popularity over the last few years as housing providers realise that shared services allows them to either gain access to products and services that they couldn’t otherwise afford on their own or use their IT budgets more prudently by leveraging the costs savings and economies of scale inherent in…
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