The deadline for IFRS compliance may still be several years away for housing providers, but there is a clear requirement to begin to meet the demands of SoRP 2008 by the end of this financial year. Yet organisations are only now facing up to the enormity of the challenge, from the implications of component accounting…
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Understanding digital exclusion
In recent months, digital exclusion has become something of a hot topic in social housing. Many articles point out the benefits of overcoming the problem and highlight excellent examples of ways in which landlords might achieve this. But before we all head off to form partnerships with the local college and start wiring up high-rise…
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Do you really need MPLS?
If you are reading this then you probably have some involvement in how your organisation connects its various sites and users to the corporate network. Whatever WAN technology you are using, it is likely that you have been told that multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) is the preferred method to deliver connectivity for your organisation. This…
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Lean times call for thin measures
With the government’s emergency budget now laid bare, housing providers must evaluate the impact of the economic changes and what actions are required to adapt and survive. While the market may have enjoyed relative freedom and flexibility under the previous government, housing associations, like everyone with a dependency on the public purse, will need to…
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Who cares wins
Maximising the enormous potential value of customer communications requires housing associations to make a step-change from customer ‘service’ into customer ‘care’. The greatest proven benefit of accomplishing this is a tangible boost to your KLOE star rating, as easier and more frequent customer interaction with all your underlying services becomes better enabled. Indeed, there are…
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Transforming Wakefield’s digital landscape
Paul Wood, ICT service director at Wakefield and District Housing, explains how, at a time when 70 per cent of people who live in social housing never enjoy the benefits of the internet, the housing provider has numerous plans to increase digital inclusion. Wakefield and District Housing became the largest single housing stock transfer organisation…
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