Capita Software Services has won a five-year contract worth around £300,000 with Welsh housing provider Grŵp Gwalia to consolidate its housing operations onto a single central system. Gwalia, which manages 9,000 properties covering affordable and student housing across Wales, will use an integrated system comprising Capita’s OpenHousing and OpenMobile platforms. This will allow front- and…
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Housing Management
Orchard wins £1.5m HMS contract
Following a one-year tendering and selection process, CityWest Homes has signed a £1.5 million contract with Orchard Information Systems for the development and implementation of a new fully-managed and hosted housing management system. The new system is scheduled to be fully operational in 2012 and will be hosted by Orchard’s partner ITPS. The new housing…
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Five-year Orwell contract for Civica
Civica has won a five-year contract with Orwell Housing Association to deliver its Universal Housing system as a hosted service from November 2010, including round-the-clock technical support. The new service is intended to improve the Suffolk-based housing provider’s tenant services while delivering cost savings through a flat monthly fee. The Universal Housing system includes new…
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CSR beats tenants services
The delivery of tenant services is set to be eclipsed by the need to rethink budgets and strategies following the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, according to a new survey. Civica’s survey of 100 IT managers found that dealing with the consequences of the CSR was their top priority (45 per cent), followed by front-line services…
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MIS maps partnership with Cadcorp
MIS-AMS has announced a strategic partnership with Cadcorp for the provision of mapping and GIS functionality for its ActiveH housing management system. Tony Smith, managing director, MIS Active Management Systems, said, “ActiveH is a proven SQL Server-based solution covering all of the business processes involved in housing management. We can now provide a geographic dimension…
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Accent’s £750,000 deal with MIS
Accent Group has awarded a five-year contract worth around £750,000 to MIS Active Management Systems based around the supplier’s ActiveH housing management system. The ‘Tristar’ project encompasses the combined housing operations of Accent Group, Bromford Group and Accord Housing Association and is scheduled to be operational during autumn 2011. Stuart Duthie, head of ICT, Accent…
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