When it comes to benefiting from efficiencies gained from developments in technology, housing providers are no strangers to the concept of investing in new equipment to deliver cost savings. Many organisations in this sector have already recognised the need to optimise investment in IT, and this goes hand-in-hand with a growing awareness that the method…
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Cassiltoun Housing SORP-compliant with RAM
Glasgow’s oldest housing co-operative has signed up to use the latest specialist component accounting software from Real Asset Management to ensure long-term SORP compliance. Cassiltoun will use RAM’s Asset4000 software to streamline the management of its £42 million asset register comprising nearly 8,000 assets including houses, offices, a children’s nursery and training rooms. The software…
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Competitive dialogue – Part two
This is the second in a series of articles from Viridian’s project consultant, John Paul, covering the various stages of a live Competitive Dialogue procurement process. Subsequent articles will track the progress of the project, from its inception through to, we hope, contract signatures. The first article was published in the September 2012 issue of…
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Coactiva prepares Southern Housing for universal credit
Southern Housing Group is using Coactiva’s data collection and analysis services to identify which households in its 25,000 properties are most at risk from next year’s planned introduction of universal credit. Before Coactiva’s involvement, SHG had already sent its information relating to ‘number of bedrooms’ to each local authority within its stock areas, but SHG…
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Housing statement outsourcing from Tall Group
The Tall Group has launched a secure statement printing solution for housing providers as part of its business process outsourcing services. The company has spent more than £50,000 on laser printing technology and intelligent mailing equipment to support the service and ensure high levels of security, accuracy and efficiency. A newly-created digital print and mailing…
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Family Mosaic improves service charging with BlueBox
Family Mosaic is tackling the complex area of accurately allocating service charges using Bluebox property management software from Trace Solutions. Bluebox will automate the majority of the service charge processes, replacing the hundreds of individual spreadsheets that Family Mosaic was using before. Pam Moran, head of customer accounts, Family Mosaic, said, “Our systems were originally…
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