Orchard announced at the end of December 2011 that it had had a record-breaking year, with its turnover reaching £12.5 million, a 15 per cent increase on the previous year despite tough economic conditions. Ian Shard, managing director, Orchard Information Systems, said, “We are now looking for 10 per cent growth this year. It’s going…
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Housing Management
Isle of Anglesey selects Orchard HMS
Orchard has been chosen by Isle of Anglesey County Council for the provision of a new housing management system. Orchard reported that as part of ‘a substantial six-figure contract over seven years’, it will be implementing Orchard Housing alongside its mobile working and asset management products. Paul Harper, IT project manager, Isle of Anglesey County…
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Phoenix’s £450,000 Orchard implementation
Orchard Information Systems has just started the implementation of a new housing management system at Phoenix Community Housing. The £450,000 contract is based on the IT company’s Orchard Housing system alongside Orchard Mobile and Orchard Asset Management, the latter powered by Keystone. Phoenix’s decision to replace its existing housing management system was due to its…
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Halton Housing Trust to implement Aareon housing system
Cheshire-based Halton Housing Trust is set to deploy Aareon’s complete QL Housing suite, with the first phase of the project expected to be live by July 2012. The project is part of HHT’s ‘improving customer experience’ (ICE) programme which began in 2009, with a review of its core ICT systems taking place in March 2011….
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Kypera Housing v.2.6 launched
Just a few months after Kypera launched what it claimed was the first housing management system to use Microsoft .NET throughout (see Housing Technology, July 2011), the company has now released an updated version of Kypera Housing (v2.6) with additional functionality. The new additions include: Service charge enhancements to cover different charge group cycles and…
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Together sign with Aareon
Aareon UK has announced that Together Housing Group and Raven Housing Trust have both chosen its QL Housing system. Together Housing Group, which comprises Trans-Pennine Housing, Chevin Housing and Prospect Homes and manages more than 35,000 properties, intends to replace the different housing management systems currently used by its members and standardise its operations onto…
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