Weslo Housing Management has become the first organisation in Scotland to achieve all three awards available from Investors in People Scotland. The company has received the IIP Gold, IIP Health & Wellbeing, and Investors in Young People (IIYP) awards. The IIP Gold places Weslo in the top seven per cent of all IPP-accredited companies in…
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General News
Mobysoft launches training courses
Mobysoft has created a new series of training courses for its housing customers. The first of the free courses will be delivered in association with the Landlord Information Network, focussing on how housing providers’ staff can improve their negotiation skills in order to maximise rental incomes. Derek Steele, CEO, Mobysoft, said, “We don’t consider ourselves…
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Sovereign Housing invests in Esri GIS for business transformation
Sovereign Housing Association is implementing new mapping technology from Esri to support its business transformation programme, including a planned increase in the properties under its management from 38,000 at the moment to 50,000 by 2018. The three-phase GIS development programme started in September 2014. Phase one is now live, which included training more than 500…
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Curo Housing wins gold for its staff
Curo Housing has been awarded the Investors in People gold standard, joining the top seven per cent of accredited organisations across the UK. Paul Devoy, head of Investors in People, said, “We’d like to congratulate Curo on its gold standard. Such a high level of accreditation is the sign of great people management practices and…
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North, South, East & West – Quartering the UK housing sector
Two recent surveys have shown that there is a North-South divide over the effects of welfare reform and an East-West divide over tenants’ satisfaction with their housing provider. Big Tenant Survey shows East-West divide in landlord satisfaction Housing Partners’ ‘Big Tenant Survey’ has shown that there is an East-West divide in UK tenant satisfaction. Using…
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Magenta Living’s apprentices ‘get in and go far’
As regular readers will know, Housing Technology is a big fan of housing providers’ apprenticeship schemes, so we’re delighted to report that Magenta Living has taken on nine new apprentices, from a field of over 400 applicants. All of Magenta’s apprentices started in time to join the government’s ‘get in. go far’ apprenticeship campaign, which…
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