Halton Housing has appointed Debbie Trust-Dickinson as its chief transformation officer and Paul Croston as its director of technology, digital and data. Before her permanent appointment as CTO, Trust-Dickinson had been at Halton Housing since January 2020 on an interim basis. She will oversee the next iteration of Halton Housing’s digital services, creating the IT…
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General News
Wellbeing with Housing Technology
We hope you have been keeping up with Housing Technology’s new Wellbeing platform (www.jobs.housing-technology.com/wellbeing) that we launched a few months ago. We have since published a range of features including articles and interviews with housing providers such as Home Group, Melin Homes and Gentoo Group. Housing Technology Wellbeing aims to give our community the opportunity…
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Flood risk – Are you data-ready?
With rainfall patterns changing and sea levels rising, the possible effects of climate change are now an important consideration in any long-term planning. For housing providers, having access to data insights that provide a clear picture of the potential risks associated with flooding is essential to proactively protecting property assets and communities from the threat…
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Interview – MRI Software’s post-acquisition plans
Over the past few months, MRI Software has bought Castleton Technology, Orchard Information Systems and, most recently, Housing Partners. Housing Technology interviewed Dermot Briody, MRI Software’s executive managing director for Europe, about the impact of the company’s acquisitions on the UK housing sector. What’s the background to MRI Software? MRI Software has been built up…
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The ‘D’ word
Today’s data operating environment As Housing Technology’s focus in September is on the green agenda within IT, it’s worth thinking about the impact of poor data management on your organisation’s carbon footprint. For example, your servers will generally be operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. That’s probably well over double the operational…
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In Conversation with Mark England | Coastline Housing
Housing Technology’s George Grant interviewed Mark England, Head of Innovation, Maintenance & Group Procurement at Coastline Housing, about his role, the wellbeing of their tenants and their partnership with Smartline. Watch the full interview below. Coastline Housing is an independent, not-for-profit housing association owning and managing almost 5,000 homes in Cornwall. Smartline is funded by…
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