Housing Technology interviewed senior housing experts from Clearview Systems, Itica, Northgate Public Services, Torus Group and Vantage Business Solutions on the role and impact of technology on housing providers’ mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Existing technologies as M&A drivers Although technology is now widely recognised as being fundamental to housing providers’ operations, for any two or…
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Thorngate Living selects HomeMaster as its new HMS
Designer Software has also signed up Thorngate Living, a Gosport-based provider of assisted living and independent care, for its HomeMaster software. Anne Taylor, CEO, Thorngate Living, said, “What we like is HomeMaster’s flexibility and ease of use, and for us, one system provides everything we need for both our sheltered housing and care homes. With…
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ExtraCare selects Orchard to support OpenAccounts
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has chosen Orchard Information Systems to support its OpenAccounts finance software. Paul Todman, financial planning accountant, Extra Care Charitable Trust, said, “Orchard proved its credibility by helping us with a sales ledger problem which took less than a week for us to solve with Orchard support; this had been outstanding for…
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Cathcart & District Housing signs with Designer Software
Cathcart and District Housing is now live with Designer Software’s web-based HomeMaster software. Christine Leitch CEO, Cathcart and District Housing, said, “The process of changing from our old Windows-based, on-premise system has been very smooth and the commitment from the project team at Designer Software has been exemplary. Our staff find the system very intuitive…
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Moving to ‘compliance plus’ with IT
The social housing sector is experiencing a myriad complex challenges that need to be promptly overcome. We have a growing population combined with an affordable housing shortage, national economic uncertainty and increased political focus on us from the housing Green Paper and the recent Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act, to name but a few,…
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Bringing IT all together – An interview with Castleton Technology
Castleton Technology is one of the fastest-growing technology providers in the social housing sector and is arguably one of the largest. Yet, its rapid growth has not been without problems, and despite an impressive track record for innovation, the company remains widely misunderstood. Housing Technology puts Castleton CEO’s Dean Dickinson under the spotlight and discovers…
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