The GIS-focused GI4Housing forum has confirmed that its next meeting will be at The Life Centre in Manchester, courtesy of Oxford Data Consultancy, on 19 October from 10am. GI4Housing said that anybody in the housing sector who is already using geographic information in their business or who are thinking of implementing GIS is welcome to…
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059 - September 2017
Genesis Housing’s £1.7m deal with Insite Energy
Insite Energy has been chosen by Genesis Housing to manage metering, credit billing and prepayments for its 4,500 heat network-connected properties across London and the South East of England. The four-year contract is reported to be worth £1.7 million. Genesis Housing’s de-centralised energy and heat-metering framework contract will see around 75 per cent of its…
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Gas Tag launches app for Gas Safe Registered engineers
Gas Tag, a new ‘prop-tech’ company specialising in cloud-based gas safety monitoring, has launched a new gas safety app for iOS and Android devices. The Gas Tag app is free to download for all Gas Safe Registered engineers and can be used when carrying out work in any property with a Gas Tag subscription. The…
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Housing Partners empowers Welsh housing providers for UC
Cadwyn, Hafod and Cardiff Community housing associations have signed with Housing Partners in order to protect their combined 9,000 households from the effects of universal credit and welfare reform. Housing Partner’s Insight solution, which collates information from the landlord’s housing management system and combines it with external data gathered from hundreds of third-party sources, is…
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Aareon and 1st Touch combine operations
Following the acquisition of 1st Touch by Aareon in 2012, the two companies finally merged their operations in July 2017. 1st Touch remains as a legal entity and is solely focused on the development and support of mobile technologies, while its consulting, sales, marketing and administrative operations have been integrated into Aareon UK. At the…
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Futures Housing on the move with Skype and Facebook
Futures Housing Group closed the doors to its base in Daventry at the end of August because its agile workforce no longer needs an office. The move is part of Futures Housing’s plan to have flexible teams who use mobile technology to do their jobs in tenants’ homes and other locations. Lindsey Williams, group chief…
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