No more ‘business as usual’? We have all had to adapt to working remotely over the last few months, but what about the future reality of the virtual office? Google has announced that it has no plans to return to the office until July 2021 at the earliest. How can you continue to support your…
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Can digital twins revolutionise housing?
Imagine having a complete real-time digital replica of all your building assets… one that provides performance data, specification information and the ability to walk through the building using immersive technology, all while sitting at your desk? Any housing provider currently undertaking business planning who is trying to balance the competing pressures of providing new homes,…
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Housing Insight – A success story
Established in 2011, PanConnect by Housing Insight was developed from a vision to provide the housing sector with an adaptable holistic set of software tools and business-focused solutions to enhance housing management processes. By 2013, product development was directed alongside strategic partnerships in the housing sector, including United Welsh Housing and Trivallis Housing. 2015 saw…
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Social value and hyperfast broadband
What does social value mean? Social value is widely embedded into project calculations, not just within housing providers but also in local authorities, central government and devolved governments across the UK. Many procurement exercises now include social value weightings in their tender documents, and boards increasingly want to demonstrate how their organisation contributes to creating…
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Accelerating cloud-based transformation at Housing Plus
One of the many impacts of the pandemic is certain to be an acceleration in changes that we have already witnessed in consumer behaviour and customer expectations over the past decade. After a long period with very little choice other than to use self-serve, online and digital as default, it is not unreasonable to expect…
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IT finance & procurement 2020 – More progress needed
I was delighted to support the Housing Technology research team in advising on its recent ‘IT Finance and Procurement in Housing 2020’ market intelligence report, sponsored by Aareon (see housing-technology.com/research). I’ve read the report with keen interest and wonder whether it tells the story of a decade of progress or not. I joined the housing…
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