Two years after its launch, 1st Touch’s mobile workforce software is now being used to support the management of over 600,000 properties across the UK. Based on government figures of a nationwide total of four million properties, Southampton-based 1st Touch is claiming a 15 per cent share of the mobile working market in social housing….
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Tor Homes on time with ROCC
Devon-based Tor Homes is moving towards mobile working for its 70-strong maintenance and repairs team using a system from Brighton-based ROCC Computers. The adoption of the new PDA-based service follows Tor Homes’ tenants expressing their frustration at having to stay at home all day for repairs. The new system will give tenants a specific time…
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Parkway Green and Newark & Sherwood Homes sign £400,000 IBS deals
Manchester-based Parkway Green expects to go live this month with a new housing management system following a £150,000 deal with IBS OpenSystems. Having used IBS’s OpenContractor system since July 2008, the new OpenHousing system will be used by 50 Parkway Green users. Parkway Green said that the main reasons for the new implementation were to…
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Omniledger’s fingers on the trigger
Omniledger has extended its Pyramid housing management system to incorporate a Microsoft Outlook interface which sends staff emails, tasks and reminders at key trigger points. Each department can create its own trigger points tailored to its specific needs, such as maintenance staff creating alerts for overdue repairs or inspections, or housing officers setting up alerts…
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£75 million repair & maintenance contracts for Morrison
Morrison, the maintenance and repairs service provider, is the preferred bidder on four long-term contracts worth a total of £75 million from Amicus Horizon, East Durham Homes, One Housing Group and Riverside South. The Amicus deal is worth £3.7 million per year over eight years, covering responsive repairs and void maintenance services for Amicus’ 9000…
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API reconciles housing payments
API Software has launched AutoRek, a new automatic reconciliation product for the housing sector. With rented accommodation providers, cash for the property can be received with no remittance advice or differing from the remittance advice, which means that the cash allocations team has to call funders to investigate discrepancies. The remittance advice is then manually…
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