Successfully navigating the complex processes of acquisitions and data migrations takes a mix of strategic planning, technical know-how and teamwork. From Cardo Group’s recent acquisition of Osborne Property Services (OPS) and its collaboration with technology partner Nexus Open Systems, we’ve gathered key strategies for pulling off successful acquisitions and large data migrations. These insights are…
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Protecting the vulnerable with connected technology
Advances in smart solutions are creating safer homes and protecting potentially vulnerable residents from danger. When dementia affects more than 900,000 people in the UK (estimated to grow to 1.6 million by 2040) and with one in six of the adult population affected by hearing loss, the increasing need for innovative solutions to safeguard potentially…
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NHG’s approach to data governance
Notting Hill Genesis won the silver award in the data management category of the inaugural Housing Technology 2024 awards. Shae McCalla, head of data governance and performance at Notting Hill Genesis, explains more about their prize-winning data management project. Notting Hill Genesis’s data governance approach started in early 2022 and has become the backbone of…
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Milton Keynes City Council’s holistic approach to arrears
Milton Keynes City Council won the silver award in the customer/tenant services category of the inaugural Housing Technology 2024 awards. James Terry, housing income operations manager at the council, explains how it has been cutting arrears and improving its tenants’ financial health. Here at Milton Keynes City Council, we collect for our HRA (housing revenue…
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Southwark Council upgrades residents’ safety with Aico
Southwark Council has a portfolio of nearly 38,000 properties, including six high-rise blocks on the Brandon estate in south London. Recognising that its current alarms had nearly reached the end of their operational life, the council embarked on a significant upgrade project. Transforming the fire alarm infrastructure The Brandon estate’s existing alarm system relied on…
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A silver bullet from the Open Data Forum
What happens when you have a conversation about how technology and data could be the ‘silver bullet’ to the many challenges and hurdles faced in social housing? The answer is a small and committed group of individuals from housing providers, government, local authorities and consultancies who have formed to champion the ideas of collaboration, transparency…
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