Accent Group is saving £170,000 per year by automating routine HR tasks with a new web-based system from Select Software. Accent Group, which provides homes for 50,000 people across the UK and employs 700 people, has re-engineered its HR services. The housing provider, which is Select Software’s first customer for its Select HR Web Edition,…
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Better HR and payroll for Sovereign
NorthgateArinso has been appointed by Sovereign Housing Group to deliver a new HR and payroll system over the next five years. The system is expected to be live by September 2009 and will cater for around 600 employees. NorthgateArinso’s ResourceLink will provide Sovereign with a single HR database, consolidating multiple existing systems. The project will…
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Torrent of customers for Cascade HR
Cascade HR has announced that Radian Housing, Wakefield and District Housing, and Trident Housing Association are each planning to implement its human resources and payroll software. Radian Housing, with 1000 staff across its five group members, plans to deploy Cascade HR by May 2009 across four sites. It will be used by Radian’s HR team…
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BCHG takes Frontier system
Black Country Housing Group is updating its payroll and human resources systems to integrate them into a single system from Frontier Software. Based around Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, BCHG needed a system that could accommodate the varied payroll requirements across its staff, such as conditions of service, pay frequencies and annual adjustments, and also…
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Brakes on recruitment?
Recruitment within social housing may decline by more than a third during 2008, according to a specialist recruitment organisation. Spirit Resourcing surveyed hiring managers and HR staff within social housing organisations in London and the south-east of England about their recruitment plans for 2008 compared with 2007. 38 per cent expected recruitment to decrease, 40…
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Risky business for Civica
Civica has launched an information security service for housing associations and public sector organisations. The service, which includes BS7799 risk management, security auditing and process consulting, and information security software, is claimed to help organisations to build and operate more effective security policies. Delivered through Civica Services, the group’s infrastructure division, the portfolio comprises solutions…
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