A survey by Civica of around 100 social housing and local government service directors and IT managers at its annual conference in January 2012 showed that 89 per cent thought that shared services were a viable solution to budget freezes and cuts, up from 52 per cent in last year’s survey and 24 per cent…
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Chester & District ‘insources’ gas servicing with Civica
Chester and District Housing Trust has brought its gas servicing and inspection services back in-house with help from Civica. CDHT had previously outsourced its gas servicing to property services company PH Jones but the 2011 rise in VAT to 20 per cent made the costs unmanageable. Paul Finch, assistant director for property investment, Chester &…
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FAST in partnership with Civica Services
Software asset management and IT compliance specialist FAST has announced a partnership with Civica Services to take advantage of the latter’s expertise in software licensing and ICT planning services. The partnership with Civica Services will allow FAST to offer a wider range of services to its customers, which in turn will help to improve efficiency…
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Tackling tenancy fraud
The Audit Commission estimated the level of tenancy fraud as involving 50,000 properties in 2009, while official figures from the National Fraud Authority suggest that it costs the public purse £900 million a year, but fraud analysts believe the figure may be even higher. The topic of housing fraud is extremely high profile at the…
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Civica buys Innogistic & partners with Experian
Civica has just bought Innogistic, a geospatial systems specialist based in Bristol for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition brings specialist technology and resource to Civica, and extends its market presence in the area of location data management. Innogistic specialises in application software and related services with particular expertise in geospatial information systems and is already…
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Government Procurement Service adds Aareon & Civica
Aareon UK and Civica have both been awarded framework agreements by Government Procurement Services, formerly Buying Solutions, for the provision of IT services to public-sector companies, with both companies specifically covered to deliver solutions to UK housing providers. The benefits of the Government Procurement Service framework for public-sector companies and housing providers include a fast…
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