Less than half of housing providers are prepared for a surge in demand for social housing, despite almost two-thirds expecting the need for social housing to increase, according to a recent survey from Capita Software Services. The survey of housing managers, operations managers and IT managers, carried out during the Chartered Institute of Housing and…
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No place like Home
With an annual turnover of more than £230 million, 52,000 homes and supporting over 18,000 people across the UK, Home Group is one of the UK’s largest housing providers. Housing Technology interviewed Keith Woolley, director of IT at Home Group and a relatively new arrival to social housing, to find out his view on the…
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Tower Hamlets outsources IT to Sovereign
As part of a three-year managed services contract which began last year, Tower Hamlets Community Housing has outsourced its technology operations to Sovereign Business Integration. THCH was established in 2000 and now provides 2800 homes and employs 80 staff across four locations. However, by 2006 THCH had not upgraded its IT hardware or software infrastructure,…
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Jadu spins web for Gateshead Housing
Following an Audit Commission inspection which highlighted the need for Gateshead Housing Company to review its web site, the housing provider launched a new ‘customer-centric’ site based on Jadu’s content management platform. Following the tender process for the development of the new site, web content management system provider Jadu was selected as the development partner….
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Pressure grows for public-sector IT managers
Public-sector IT managers are under twice as much pressure to reduce operational costs as their private-sector counterparts, according to research by Centralis. One in two IT departments said that they had been asked by senior management to help to reduce their organisation’s operating costs, compared with fewer than a quarter in the private sector. Increasing…
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Future of IT in UK social housing
Social housing is always changing and adapting to meet the needs of a growing population, not to mention adhering to standards issued by the government. But no matter how fast social housing changes, technology invariably changes faster. New technology and software is often exciting, groundbreaking and can promise a new era of productivity and efficiency….
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