We were able to catch up with Sir Clive Woodward OBE, World Cup Winner and Team GB’s Director of Sport for the London Olympics, during our annual conference. His keynote presentation proved inspirational, explaining how great teams are made of great individuals and how to build on this. Our exclusive interview with him is available…
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Editor’s Notes: Whither universal credit?
There is a strong focus in this issue on universal credit and welfare reform – not surprising when, at the time of writing, we’re only six weeks away from the first Pathfinder trials in Manchester and around Cheshire, although the full roll-out isn’t expected to be completed until 2017, according to the DWP. However, little…
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Editor’s Notes: Nimble and secure
What’s around the corner? As we’ve said before, rent arrears will become a business-critical area for every housing provider with the introduction of universal credit. We expect to see new IT suppliers addressing the housing sector, particularly as local and central government departments restrain their IT budgets, and therefore look at social housing as a…
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Editor’s Notes: Now we are five
This issue marks the end of our fifth year of publishing Housing Technology. In that time, IT systems and services have really moved up the agenda for almost every housing provider and become a strategic item on most boardroom agendas. Over the same period, we have seen mobile working, virtualisation, GIS and mapping, telecare and…
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Editor’s Notes: Universal credit – will it or won’t it?
As is frequently reported, the government’s welfare reform bill and the introduction of universal credit to replace the current hotch-potch of separate benefit payments is not only an enormous change to the benefits system but also a hideously-complicated IT project, arguably the most ambitious of the past few decades, dwarfing past failed IT projects such…
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Editor’s Notes: Focus areas for 2013
Having just confirmed the date and venue for next year’s Housing Technology conference and executive forum (see page 29), we are working on the event’s high-level themes. While these are not an exhaustive list of what housing providers should be including in their IT strategies, we think they are useful pointers. Business and IT –…
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