How the concept of ‘neighbours helping neighbours’, underpinned by scalable technology, has helped over 5,000 vulnerable residents… In the middle of March this year, I received a call from a prominent local politician, asking if I could spare a few hours to attend a meeting. He wanted me to advise on how the local community…
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Housing Management
Metropolitan Thames Valley’s Semarchy data management
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is now using Semarchy’s xDM platform for intelligent master data management to offer better services to its tenants and meet government regulations. MTVH used a proof-of-concept for the first phase of its Semarchy implementation. The PoC addressed the housing provider’s need to have a definitive view of its contractual obligations in…
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MRI acquires Orchard and Castleton Technology
In a flurry of activity in late March and early April 2020, US-based MRI Software has bought two of the UK social housing sector’s leading software providers, Orchard and Castleton Technology, the latter pending shareholder approval. MRI Software bought Orchard Information Systems at the end of March 2020 in order to extend its reach in…
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Wandsworth & Richmond Council moves to Northgate Housing
Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames Council has gone live with NPS Housing, Northgate Public Services’ housing management system. Using NPS Housing, tenants can apply for housing, request property repairs or pay rent online via any web-enabled device. Housing staff will have access to real-time information on their tenants and leaseholders whether they are out with…
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Power Platform – More than just numbers
An obvious starting point What happens when you have 30-something reports across multiple departments, all predicated on differing interpretations of the same performance measure? Aside from the obvious problems, such as misrepresentations, lack of clarity, a reduced impact on decision making and a whole mess-of-work for a BI team, you get an obvious starting point…
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Overcoming IT challenges and change at Housing Plus
Agreeing & implementing major IT change Getting all levels of an organisation on board with technology change is a challenge, especially when the forecast will result in increased costs. Even when the benefits of change are numerous and evidenced, the increasing of costs through one-off or on-going expenditure can be difficult and time-consuming to justify….
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