At the beginning of 2021, when Broadacres Housing noticed a sharp increase in the number of cyber-threats it was receiving, the housing provider started looking for reinforcements as part of its wider cyber-strategy. After numerous product demonstrations and testing different security platforms, Broadacres Housing chose Arctic Wolf and its Concierge Security Team. Steve Cook, infrastructure…
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Dundee City Council cuts arrears by £230k
Dundee City Council used Mobysoft’s RentSense software and its income maximisation consultancy to reduce its arrears by £230,000 between September and December 2022. Karen Donachie, corporate debt manager, Dundee City Council, said, “Our income team has shown great resolve and determination. Despite the roll-out of universal credit to 4,600 tenants, cost-of-living increases, post-pandemic working, the…
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Platform Housing’s IoT deployment with Switchee
Platform Housing is installing Switchee devices in its residents’ homes. The housing provider wants to use Switchee’s IoT-based smart thermostats to provide real-time data and analytics about the performance of its housing stock. The use of Switchee data and its use in the housing provider’s core business applications (via API) will help to inform decisions…
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Free cyber-defence tools from NCSC
All UK social housing providers have been offered free cybersecurity services from the government’s National Cyber Security Centre, supported by Housemark. UK-registered housing providers and ALMOs can now sign up for a range of tools as part of the NCSC’s ‘Active Cyber Defence’ programme. Housemark’s information security forum worked with the NCSC (part of GCHQ)…
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Grand Union Housing gets connected with Aico HomeLink
Grand Union Housing has begun the installation of Aico’s HomeLink Connected Home solution across its 12,500 properties. The HomeLink IoT-based solution, from alarms to environmental sensors, has a secure 2G network to the HomeLink portal, constantly monitoring fire and carbon monoxide events and indoor environmental conditions such as humidity, temperature and carbon dioxide. The real-time…
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Hyde signs repairs contract with Totalmobile
Totalmobile has won a three-year contract with Hyde Group to extend the use of its field-service and dynamic scheduling software across the housing provider’s wider operations, including asset management, building safety, neighbourhoods and safer homes. Mark Batchelor, director of property services, Hyde Group, said, “When we first contracted with Totalmobile, we wanted a unified solution…
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