Senior executives within RSLs are generally optimistic that the economy will recover in 2009, according to recent research from Baker Tilly. Baker Tilly’s ‘Crunch time for the social housing sector’ report found that volatility in the economy had altered the economic outlook of 86 per cent of respondents from housing associations and RSLs, but with…
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Finance Management
Harvest Housing reaps the benefit of faster payments
Harvest Housing Group, which owns and manages 18,000 properties across the North West of England, has automated its accounts payable operations using a Formscan system to make it easier and more efficient when dealing with supplier invoices. Previously, many supplier invoices were sent to one of Harvest’s 20 offices rather than the finance department, which…
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DIY vouchers for CBHA
Decorating vouchers from Homebase are replacing cheques for Community Based Housing Association’s tenants, giving CBHA more control and security, and making life easier for tenants. CBHA usually issued a cheque to the tenants to let them redecorate and refurbish their properties themselves. The housing association, which looks after 1650 properties around Waltham Forest, needed more…
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£6 million funding awards from Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland Corporate has launched the Social Entrepreneur Awards, worth a total of £6 million funding, to help develop UK not-for-profit organisations. Two awards are available: £5 million interest-free funding for three years or a single cash donation of up to £500,000; or £1 million interest-free funding for three years or a single cash…
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Online and on target
The increasing pressure to enhance efficiency by cutting costs, as well as deliver outstanding customer service, is an ongoing topic of conversation in housing authorities. However, the drive for efficiency and the Decent Homes standard can mean that it is easy to lose sight and control of the importance of customer service and care. Indeed,…
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Housing benefit cards from A&L
Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank has launched a prepaid card scheme for housing benefit payments. A&L’s prepaid card payments solution is being implemented following the Government’s scheme to transfer payment of housing benefit to claimants, as opposed to their landlords. Local authorities are expected to save up to 75 per cent of housing benefit processing…
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