Orchard has completed an audit of how Severn Vale Housing is using its Orchard housing management system, particularly around improving avoidable customer contacts and encouraging tenants to use self-service channels. The audit also laid the foundations for mobile working and improved CRM, workflow and EDM to increase the number of ‘first-time fix’ resolutions. Severn Vale…
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Lone-worker app from Guardian24 on Google Play Store
Guardian24 has added its lone-worker safety app to the Google Play Store, making it faster to download and easier to keep up to date with the latest version of the app or when an upgrade is available. Guardian24’s app enables lone workers to log in and out of daily tasks, leaving details of their location…
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Home Group tenants get Utilita smart meters
Around 4,000 Home Group tenants in London have been offered the chance to switch to Utilita Energy, with the installation of a free smart meter to help them monitor and reduce their electricity and gas consumption. Similar projects with other housing providers have enabled tenants to save up to £40 each on their annual bills….
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Cairn Housing chooses Netcall for customer engagement
Cairn Housing Association has signed a five-year agreement with Netcall to manage its end-to-end customer engagement process using Netcall’s Liberty platform which includes email, SMS messaging, web chat and social media integrated with CRM software. By partnering with Netcall, Cairn hopes to rethink how it communicates with tenants. The housing provider’s goal is to ensure…
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Business Systems & Red Box Recorders introduce PCI-compliant call recording at Hexagon Housing
As part of its plan to improve how it handles over 1,500 inbound calls per week, Hexagon Housing engaged Business Systems to install Red Box Recorders’ Quantify system for call recording. The system includes PCI-compliant functionality to deal with card payments made over the phone. The call-recording system was installed and operational within eight weeks…
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Changing behaviours with smart meters
Smart meters are the future of domestic energy management, with the UK government committing to roll them out into every UK household by 2020. Bill Bullen, managing director of smart metering energy provider Utilita Energy, believes the key to success is in educating people about the benefits gained from using a smart meter, a model…
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