Burnside Telecom has launched a vandal- and weather-proof phone that can be used in any location with GSM network coverage. The Burnside GSM Tough Phone, which can mounted anywhere and powered by mains power, internal battery or solar panel, can be deployed immediately, without the delay and expense sometimes associated with landline phones. The phone…
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Mobile Working
£80 million Wansbeck plan supported by PDAs
An £80 million regeneration programme at Wansbeck Homes will be supported by advanced mobile-working technology from Consilium Technologies. Wansbeck Homes, a newly-formed housing association managing 5500 homes, is upgrading its housing stock with double glazing, new kitchens and bathrooms. Providing mobile working facilities for the maintenance team will allow the improvements to be carried out…
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First-time fix for Coast & Country
Coast & Country is the latest housing association to deploy dynamic scheduling and mobile working in the quest for ‘first-time fix’, using mobile technology from 1st Touch. Iain Sim, chief executive of Coast & Country, which manages more than 10,000 properties around Redcar and Cleveland, explained, “Repairs and maintenance are how we are judged by…
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Flexible working for Trafford Housing
Flexible working at Trafford Housing Trust is being monitored using a solution from PeoplePointLite. The system installed at Trafford Housing Trust is a time and attendance system that monitors flexi-time in an office environment and calculates accrued time in lieu, lets staff to book holidays, and flags up potential issues with line managers. Claire Renner,…
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Consilium gets South Somerset Works mobile
South Somerset Works has replaced in-van radios with PDAs and integrated front-line operatives with back-office stock control. SSW is the contracting arm of South Somerset Homes, which maintains 14,500 homes, and has around 60 maintenance staff carrying out planned maintenance and repairs, cyclical servicing and gardening. The volume of work and number of service requests…
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Xmbrace reaches its century
Xmbrace, supplier of the Opti-Time workforce and appointment scheduling software, has reached its 100-customer milestone with the recent signing of the Ian Williams property maintenance company. Ian Williams is a specialist property maintenance company providing building, maintenance and refurbishment services. In order to improve services to tenants and achieve higher utilisation of its workforce, Ian…
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