A low-cost website development tool has just been launched by Serif, specially tailored to the needs of smaller housing providers, non-profit organisations, clubs and societies. Serif’s WebPlus X6 package is intended for users without specialist technical skills and removes the need to hire external developers and designers Combining drag-and-drop simplicity with advanced customisation power, WebPlus…
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General News
New joiner at Peabody
Martin Carpenter has been appointed as Peabody’s new director of IT following his move from Notting Hill Housing Group where he was head of central services. Carpenter said, “My main focus at first will be on the successful implementation of Aareon QL Housing, replacing the existing housing management and CRM systems, integration with Sun Financials,…
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Byte Back – Getting information security under control
It only takes a few minutes’ reading the Information Commissioner’s Office website before anyone with any experience of data protection and information security will have their head in their hands, asking themselves why so many organisations are leaving themselves open to public declarations about their security failings. More significantly, with the huge number of publicised…
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Queens Cross Housing gets online HR from Access
Following two years of growth, Glasgow-based Queens Cross Housing Association has replaced its manual, paper-based HR processes with a web-based system from Access. The SelectHR tool will be used by QCHA to automate holiday requests and approvals and use workflow to make appraisals, health and safety, and flexi-time processes more efficient. The second phase of…
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Mercato – Housing providers top list of poor value IT
The UK’s housing providers top a list of organisations paying over the odds for software from their IT resellers, according to new research from Mercato. The benchmarking company found that housing providers are paying exorbitant margins of up to seven times (731%) more than their resellers’ original costs, with the average margin being 36 per…
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The new way we work – brainstorming
As introduced in the previous edition of Housing Technology, the ‘new way we work’ has been on the rise in The Netherlands since 2005. A large number of Dutch housing providers are in the process of implementing New Way We Work projects. Within some of these a new way of brainstorming is being used in…
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