Circle Housing Property Services has introduced MySOS Mandown personal safety devices from Skyguard. Circle Housing Property Services (CHPS) is an in-house property maintenance team providing services to Circle Housing’s regional providers. It employs around 115 lone-working tradesmen across a large geographical area, with a consequent risk of workplace injury or assault. To mitigate the risk…
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Mobile Working
Equity Housing mobile via Golden Gates & Footprint Solutions
Equity Housing Group has mobilised its neighbourhood officers using Housing Support Pro software from Footprint Solutions, acquired via a framework agreement set up by Golden Gates Housing Trust and the software provider. The software was implemented in June 2015. The adoption of the mobile working software follows the transformation of Equity’s neighbourhood services, of which…
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1st Touch appoints Greg Johns as CEO
1st Touch has appointed Greg Johns as CEO. Johns, who previously ran the company’s sales operations replaces Robert Dent who, having joined as managing director in 2007, guided the company through its acquisition by Aareon in 2012.
Hyde selects 1st Touch for mobile working
Hyde Group has chosen mobile workforce software from 1st Touch to help deliver mobile working solutions to staff. The new technology will be used at first by the group’s incomes officers and then by other staff such as surveyors and housing officers. The mobile solution will deliver all the information and forms needed by an…
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Cutting-edge infrastructure at FCHO
First Choice Homes Oldham’s head of ICT, Stephen Repton, reports on how the housing provider embarked on a procurement exercise beginning in 2013 to replace its entire ICT infrastructure (including telephony) and re-procure infrastructure support provision to support key business transformation activities. Board approval and significant investment resulted in an eight-month project from June 2014…
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North Lanarkshire mobilises £280,000 of savings with Northgate
Northgate Public Services has help North Lanarkshire Council introduce mobile working using smartphones and a cloud-based infrastructure to improve its tenant services. The housing provider reported that it has already saved £280,000 per year by using the Northgate service. North Lanarkshire Council and Northgate jointly developed a web-based service for both staff and tenants, leading…
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