The third annual Housing Technology Awards took place during the Housing Technology 2026 conference in Nottingham earlier this month, with the winners announced during a special ceremony at the East Midlands Conference Centre. With the awards being judged by an external panel of the entrants’ housing peers (and free of any commercial sponsorship for complete…
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110 - March 2026
From mapping to meaning
Why GIS is the quiet revolution in social housing By its very nature, the social housing sector is a key area of data activity. The challenge is how to source and analyse that data effectively; in other words, how to turn data into useful intelligence. Geospatial data and geographic information systems (GIS) have gone from…
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NEC’s Cadcorp launches Mapestry
Cadcorp, bought last year by NEC, has launched Mapestry to help housing providers and local authorities to share location-based information with their staff and communities. Mapestry combines maps, images, video and text within a single online engagement platform. Mapestry said that instead of static documents or long reports, users can create responsive web pages which…
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Thirteen signs with Asprey for asset management
Thirteen Group has signed a three-year partnership with Asprey Solutions for its Asprey Assets software. Through the implementation of Asprey Assets, Thirteen will bring its key asset management functions into a single, connected environment, with the aim of providing faster insights, better investment planning and a more holistic approach to maintaining its homes. Rich Thomas,…
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Community Housing to save £750k with Totalmobile
Community Housing has chosen Totalmobile and its Field First platform to modernise the delivery of its property services, with the aim of saving £750,000 over the next five years. Field First will be used for repair and maintenance activities across the housing provider’s portfolio of 6,000 homes, with 70 operatives expected to use the system…
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Plentific & CDS create Open Framework for contractor procurement
Plentific has signed a new Open Framework, giving housing providers a more flexible, resilient and compliant way to procure and manage contractors under the Procurement Act 2023. In the face of greater regulatory complexity, skills shortages and fluctuating demand, the Open Framework, sponsored by CDS, helps housing providers to balance compliance with operational agility, enabling…
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