“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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Robotic process automation in housing
Vantage’s operations director, Rob Bryan, reports on the company’s recent strategic repairs and maintenance directors’ forum covering artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, hosted by David Bolton, director of property services at Yorkshire Housing. Housing providers are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence to streamline processes and reduce costs, with robotic process automation evolving as the…
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All together now
What uniquely connects Sir Clive Woodward OBE, Simon Weston OBE, George Clarke, Baron Bird, Rev. Giles Fraser, Dr Sue Black OBE and Maggie Philbin OBE? They have all been just some of the keynote speakers from our past annual Housing Technology conferences and executive forums, illustrating the diverse nature of each event and how social…
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Stonewater partners with MHR for payroll & HR
Stonewater has completed an extensive upgrade programme of its HR and payroll functions using software from MHR. Jenny Sawyer, HR director, Stonewater, said, “Faced with a tough economy and continuing welfare reform, it’s essential that we maximise the value of our resources and adopt more digital methods of working in order to drive efficiency savings….
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