Housing Technology interviewed Reverend Richard Coles, the self-styled ‘popstar turned curate’, patron of Wellingborough Homes and one of the keynote speakers at March’s Housing Technology 2019 conference, about parish life, social housing and IT. As a parish priest and BBC broadcaster how do you juggle life? With varying degrees of success! I’m a ‘half-time’ vicar…
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General News
High hopes for low-code projects
Any public-sector organisations providing a service, especially those for which people have to pay, such as council tax or parking permits, are expected to provide a seamless, digital solution for technology-savvy users. And as with many areas of the public sector, housing providers are under increasing pressure to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by…
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Do your projects use colourful language?
Accent Housing, with help from Ascent Development, has been using ‘colour workshops’ to improve communication and collaboration within and between its technology team and other departments. Accent Housing’s digital team of around 30 people includes business analysts, data analysts, technicians, product managers and developers as well as team members working on the service desk managing…
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Why mums are the missing link in the ‘women in tech’ discussion
“We need more women in tech!” That’s the rallying cry being shouted from every corner of the country. There are countless organisations and initiatives aimed at achieving this, ranging from addressing the gender imbalance when selecting further education, through to making it easier for women to return to work after a career break. These are…
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Design thinking… Methodical problem-solving for people-centric businesses
According to a recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report, every £1 invested in design leads to an average return on investment of £25. Design thinking When asked to describe ‘design’ as a process or an outcome, most people would focus on the visual deliverables of a traditionally ‘visual’ exercise, but design as a…
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Newport City Homes moves to Cadcorp’s cloud-hosted mapping
Newport City Homes has migrated its on-premise Cadcorp mapping software to the company’s new cloud-based hosted service. Newport City Homes first started using Cadcorp mapping technology in 2010, installed and hosted on its own local infrastructure and managed by the housing provider’s in-house staff. Following Cadcorp’s announcement of a cloud migration path, Newport City Homes…
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