As a small diversion from Housing Technology’s usual coverage, Yorkshire Housing has been doing its bit to help with the survival of the swift, an enigmatic bird that spends most of its life in the air, feeding, drinking, bathing and even sleeping on the wing, only landing to nest. The species has always relied on…
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Alpha’s speedy accounting with Real Asset Management
Alpha has implemented dedicated fixed-asset accounting software from Real Asset Management to manage its property portfolio, replacing its previous spreadsheet-based and time-consuming processes. Gemma Livesey-Scicluna, assistant management accountant, Alpha, said, “Before buying RAM’s software, our assets were maintained in our housing management system with an import created annually which involved approximately four weeks’ work between…
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Tunstall’s Housing Services Portal
Tunstall Healthcare has launched its Housing Services Portal, closely integrated with its widely-used Communicall tele-healthcare devices and software. The Housing Services Portal runs as an app on Windows tablets, connected via wi-fi to the Communicall Vi system to provide a live view of residents’ activities. Tunstall reported that the portal optimises care management time, improves…
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QuantSpark’s RentSense research for Mobysoft
A study by QuantSpark has found that Mobysoft’s RentSense software helps to reduce housing providers’ eviction rates by around 38 per cent, cut arrears by 1.6 per cent and reduce the number of tenants in arrears by almost 12 per cent. The Mobysoft-commissioned research from QuantSpark examined over one million social housing tenancies owned by…
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Grand Union’s £1m Castleton infrastructure deal
Castleton Technology has embarked on four-year managed service project at Grand Union Housing Group. The project is valued at around £1 million, with the initial cloud and unified communications implementation expected to be completed by August 2019. Castleton’s multi-cloud approach for the housing provider includes an ‘edge’ systems refresh, private-cloud hosting in Castleton’s ‘tier four’…
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Places for People invests in Impact Reporting
Places for People has invested in Impact Reporting, a Manchester-based technology start-up created by the founders of Reason Digital. The housing provider has been working with the software provider for the past two years on its social impact reporting tools. The company is already valued at £2 million after its first year of trading and…
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