I recently took a trip to the Silicon Valley of Sweden, a city called Linkoping, which is about two hours south of Stockholm. The reason for this Nordic excursion came about when I spotted a post from a company specialising in augmented reality (AR). Now, if you hear the term AR, you may immediately jump…
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074 - March 2020
Wandsworth & Richmond Council moves to Northgate Housing
Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames Council has gone live with NPS Housing, Northgate Public Services’ housing management system. Using NPS Housing, tenants can apply for housing, request property repairs or pay rent online via any web-enabled device. Housing staff will have access to real-time information on their tenants and leaseholders whether they are out with…
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Housing Solutions and Prodo develop chatbot for tenants
Digital agency Prodo has been working with Housing Solutions to implement an automated chatbot to help with tenants’ queries. Prodo and Housing Solutions have worked together for a number of years, launching various projects to drive digital transformation and give tenants more control over day-to-day tenancy tasks, from self-serve repairs appointments via the portal to…
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Octavia cuts arrears by £220k with Mobysoft
Octavia Housing has reduced its arrears by over £220,000 by using Mobysoft’s RentSense software to improve the efficiency of its income collection process and prioritise arrears cases. Dan Thwaites, income manager, Octavia Housing, said, “RentSense enables us to better manage and keep on top of the status of our rent payments. Alongside this, we have…
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Power Platform – More than just numbers
An obvious starting point What happens when you have 30-something reports across multiple departments, all predicated on differing interpretations of the same performance measure? Aside from the obvious problems, such as misrepresentations, lack of clarity, a reduced impact on decision making and a whole mess-of-work for a BI team, you get an obvious starting point…
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Are your spreadsheets beyond repair?
Why does the housing sector continue to expose itself to unnecessary risk and inefficiencies by using spreadsheets to manage planned work? While there is widespread adoption of new technologies to support housing maintenance and repairs, it’s staggering to see that Excel is still being used to manage and monitor complex planned, cyclical and programmed works….
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