Plus Dane Housing has selected Appello to provide its first digital telecare solutions for residents. Appello will supply digital monitoring services to all 13 of the housing provider’s residential and extra-care schemes and will begin installing its digital telecare infrastructure and Smart Living Solutions suite into eight sites, replacing Plus Dane’s existing analogue systems. From…
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Sovereign Housing appoints first CIO
Kevin Ives has been appointed as Sovereign Housing’s first chief information officer. Ives will join Sovereign’s executive board in August 2019 from his current role as digital transformation director at Arriva Trains. As well as leading Arriva’s digital transformation strategy, Kevin has had senior roles at Balfour Beatty, Transport for London and Thames Water. Mark…
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HomeServe becomes fast, lean and smart
HomeServe is now using Fast Lean Smart’s mobile scheduling and route planning software for its boiler installations division, with the result that it is getting to its customers 25 per cent faster than before. Richard Wilson, IT director for boiler installations, HomeServe, said, “We had previously always relied on the personal knowledge of our planning…
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MRI Software buys Engage Property Technology
MRI Software has bought Engage Property Technology, a self-service housing portal provider. Prior to the acquisition, Engage was an established MRI partner, first integrating with MRI’s Qube property management software more than two years ago. The acquisition is intended to bolster MRI’s existing integration between its back-office solutions and Engage’s online portals and provide more…
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Flintshire Council deploys RentSense
Flintshire County Council has bought Mobysoft’s RentSense software to help mitigate the effects of full-service universal credit and give its housing team more time to support tenants. Flintshire was the first local authority in Wales to move to full-service UC in April 2017. The effects have been far reaching for the council, with workloads increasing…
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Cross Keys Homes begins CityFibre IoT trial
Social housing properties across Peterborough have been transformed into a ‘smart city’ pilot project between Cross Keys Homes and CityFibre. The project will explore how a network of sensors deployed throughout Cross Keys Homes’ properties could monitor health, safety and environmental factors as well as deliver cost savings. The trial at three residential locations in…
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