API Software has launched AutoRek, a new automatic reconciliation product for the housing sector. With rented accommodation providers, cash for the property can be received with no remittance advice or differing from the remittance advice, which means that the cash allocations team has to call funders to investigate discrepancies. The remittance advice is then manually…
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Procurement for Housing contracts for Computerland
Computerland, which is now part of Capita IT Services, has been awarded both the ICT and multi-functional device (MFD) framework contracts by Procurement for Housing (PfH). ComputerLand can now offer services to more than 670 PfH-member housing organisations for the provision of hardware, including computers, desktop printers and photocopying/multi-functional devices, having teamed up with Xerox…
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£280m Bassetlaw assets now SORP compliant
Bassetlaw District Council has met its SORP accounting requirements for its £280 million fixed assets with Real Asset Management’s Asset4000 system. The annual Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), which becomes mandatory from March 2009 for local authorities and many other public bodies, changes the reporting process for annual accounts. The overall objective of SORP is…
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Arena takes no risks with Emex
Arena Housing Group, which manages 12,000 homes in the North of England, has significantly improved its risk management, auditing and reporting capabilities using an automated risk management system from Emex. Arena created a new group structure in 2007, consisting of several subsidiaries, RSLs and associates, each with varying degrees of autonomy. However each scheme within…
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Castle delivers new FMS for South Lakes Housing
South Lakes Housing, an ALMO set up by South Lakeland District Council, has deployed Infor FMS SunSystems with the implementation carried out by Castle Computer Services, including integration with SLH’s existing housing management systems. Garry Ronson, financial director, South Lakes Housing, said, “We now have a financial management system with a high degree of functionality,…
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Better HR and payroll for Sovereign
NorthgateArinso has been appointed by Sovereign Housing Group to deliver a new HR and payroll system over the next five years. The system is expected to be live by September 2009 and will cater for around 600 employees. NorthgateArinso’s ResourceLink will provide Sovereign with a single HR database, consolidating multiple existing systems. The project will…
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