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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Finance Management
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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Acquisitions – good or bad for the industry?
With the planned acquisition of IBS OpenSystems by Capita and the earlier acquisition of Northgate by US-buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (see the May edition of Housing Technology), are these good for social housing organisations? On the one hand, the new owners of IBS and Northgate are both likely to have greater funds to support…
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Decent Homes in Cambridge
Cambridge City Council is on target to achieve the Decent Homes standard following its implementation of Anite’s Codeman asset management software, with all of the council’s 7600 social housing properties expected to meet the Government’s minimum requirements by 2010. Cambridge City Council is upgrading to the latest version of Codeman which offers a improved mobile…
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High-street payments service combats financial exclusion
Woolworths has signed with Allpay.net to provide bill payment services in its 820 high-street stores, enabling customers that receive bills from Allpay.net clients, which include housing associations and local councils, to now make their payments at the cashtill in any Woolworths store, using cash or a debit card. Customers will use an Allpay.net swipe card,…
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