Orchard Information Systems has announced record revenues of £16 million for the past financial year (FY2016-17). The company reported that reinvestment of profits in its people, products and expertise had been rewarded with strong organic growth from both existing and new customers across housing, finance and asset management. Orchard’s FY2017 annual revenues of £16 million…
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Housing Management
E-RP 2.0: This is not the MS you’re looking for
Definition of an ERP project manager: someone who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in one month. At Housing Technology’s annual conference back in 2013, I gave a presentation titled “E-RP?” to a packed room in which I restated the case for specialised packaged housing solutions (well, I would, wouldn’t I?). I followed this…
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Bromley’s five-year contract with Orchard
The London Borough of Bromley has chosen Orchard as its supplier for housing and case management, multi-channel CRM and digital services. As part of the five-year contract, Orchard will also provide a fully-managed hosted service. In addition, Bromley is the choice-based lettings provider for a number of housing providers, so it is also planning to…
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Solihull Community Housing upgrades its HMS to Capita OPEN
Solihull Community Housing has upgraded its Capita housing management solution to the software provider’s integrated OPEN suite. Having previously been using Capita’s housing management software as well as OPENContractor, SCH identified a range of efficiency and service improvement opportunities that it could achieve by joining all services up via a single IT platform. As a…
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A digital platform for today’s housing sector
Civica’s executive director for housing and asset management, Jeff Hewitt, looks at future housing trends and discusses the evolution of Civica’s housing portfolio for tenants. What are your views on the future of digital in social housing today? Have you seen any particular trends? Advances in technology and automation, the proliferation of devices and communications…
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Rooftop Housing opts for Aareon HMS
Aareon’s QL software has been chosen by Rooftop Housing Group as its new housing management system, with support from Alysium Consulting. Following an internal review, Rooftop Housing engaged Alysium Consulting to help them during the process of specifying requirements and procurement, managed through a ‘competitive dialogue’ route. Lesley Buckels, lead consultant, Alysium Consulting, said, “This…
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