Southampton City Council’s tenants now have access to gigabit broadband (over 12x faster than the UK average) from Hyperoptic. Hyperoptic originally installed its network in Southampton in 2016 and has since expanded its reach to the council’s social housing properties. 4,000 council homes now have access to the Hyperoptic network, with a further 2,000 properties…
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Thirteen’s virtual world for employee interaction
One of the issues facing many housing providers during the pandemic has been about how their employees can engage with one other while working from home. Webinars are useful and phone calls have their place, but nothing quite matches up to face-to-face meetings. In an effort to fill this gap, Thirteen Group has turned to…
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Loreburn Housing opts for Designer Software
Loreburn Housing Group has signed a five-year contract with Designer Software for its HomeMaster web-based housing and finance software. In order to deliver improvements in data analytics and agile working, Loreburn Housing needed to move from its previous on-premise legacy housing and finance system to a web-based system, with the pandemic forcing the housing provider…
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Plentific’s online maintenance & repairs at Centrepoint
Homelessness charity Centrepoint is set to use Plentific’s platform to manage the repairs and maintenance of its hostels for homeless young people. Through the platform, Centrepoint will be connected to a marketplace of approved local contractors and gain insights about the repairs and maintenance operations of its properties. Plentific’s technology platform and online marketplace will…
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Plentific expands online contractor platform
Plentific has upgraded its online repairs and maintenance platform so that housing providers can now use it to manage their existing contractor relationships. The platform’s new ‘appointed contractor’ feature means housing providers can choose to assign work orders to a mixture of their preferred contractors, their own workforce or from Plentific’s marketplace of approved contractors,…
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Notting Hill Genesis live with Techlabs’ iProperty Cloud
As part of a wider digital transformation programme, Notting Hill Genesis has just gone live with Techlabs London’s iProperty Cloud sales module after a 10-week implementation. Rajiv Peter, director of digital technology, Notting Hill Genesis, said, “We chose TechLabs London because of its collaborative approach as well as being easy to deal with. It also…
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