Five housing providers have confirmed that they are in the middle of implementing HR solutions from Cascade. Castle Vale Community Housing, Christian Action Housing, Orwell Housing, Teign Housing and Together Housing Group are expected to go live with their Cascade deployments within the next few months. Castle Vale Community Housing wanted a new HR system…
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General News
A2Dominion goes green with Alfagy
As part of A2Dominion’s plan to demolish around 450 houses to make way for 700 properties, it is using combined heat and power (CHP) technology from Alfagy for the community heating system. Based on a blueprint from Conran & Partners, the Green Man Lane estate in west London is being regenerated through a shared £136…
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Idox’s funding platform for Coastline tenants
Cornwall’s Coastline Housing is using a dedicated training and development from Idox Group, based on the software provider’s own Open 4 Training & Development portal which was originally developed by Idox for its HR managers to find extra funding for training and learning activities. Coastline’s Idox portal went live in May 2014 after around five…
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Results of the Digital Deal funding programme
The Tinder Foundation has announced the results of its Digital Deal funding which was designed to stimulate digital inclusion activities in social housing. 12 housing providers took part in the Digital Deal, which was jointly funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government. Key findings from the…
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Benchmarking your IT services
Richard Troote, head of ICT at Wales & West Housing and chair of the Community Housing Cymru IT Network, and Henk Korevaar, founder of F-fectis, reflect on an international collaboration to find value for money (VFM) within housing providers’ IT departments. Relevance of IT benchmarking The number of housing providers contributing to IT benchmarking has…
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Kana survey reveals gap between IT intentions and realities
An independent survey commissioned by Kana Software of IT executives from housing providers managing a combined portfolio of more than 1.5 million properties in the UK has found that while most recognise the importance of new technology in delivering efficiencies and better services to tenants, fewer than 20 per cent have a full understanding of…
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