From Chris Potter, Director of Uniclass, ROCC. Sir – Risk comes in a number of categories within the social housing sector; it could be operational, financial, legal or even political risk. For example, any housing provider owes a duty of care to its field workers to inform them of potential hazards they may come in…
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Magazine Articles
New head of IT for Magna
Magna Housing Group has appointed David Connoley as their new group head of IT. His previous experience includes working at Barnet Group, Viridian Housing and Moat Housing, as well as companies such as Marks & Spencer, Barclays and Virgin Atlantic. Mobile working at Magna is expected to be one of the first areas to be…
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Mears’ apprentices – You’re hired!
Continuing Housing Technology’s support for apprenticeship schemes in the housing sector, we are delighted to report that Mears Group has just taken on 11 new apprentices from Gateshead College. The new intake brings the total number of apprentices working for Mears in Gateshead to more than 30. Five of the new apprentices – Michael Rodgers,…
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National Housing Federation on board with eShare
The National Housing Federation is using eShare’s BoardPacks board portal and governance software for its board meetings in order to reduce the time and cost of printing board papers, having originally discovered eShare at its own Company Secretaries Conference. The Federation is using the BoardPacks app and meeting management module. Stephen Bull, head of governance…
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Circle celebrates its apprentices on film
Circle Housing has launched five short films to celebrate the benefits of apprenticeship schemes in the housing sector. Each film (online at www.circleopportunities.org.uk) follows an apprentice from Circle Housing as they complete a day’s work at the organisation. Samantha Caunt was one of the apprentices to take part after swapping places with Circle Housing’s chief…
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Questioning the value of value for money
From Alistair MacLeod, Director, Waterstons. Sir – While value for money has always been important for social landlords, recent noises from the regulator suggest the effectiveness of consistently achieving it is under scrutiny, as doubts have been raised over the actual value received from procurement contracts. In my experience, a common problem for any organisation,…
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