I’m sure I don’t need to set out the political and economic issues we currently operate within. I certainly have no intention of commenting on them, except to highlight that uncertainty seems to be everywhere. In an uncertain world, certainty is exceptionally valuable and there are opportunities here. One of those opportunities is to review…
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Finance Management
A bird’s eye view of the future
Drone surveying is the latest technology to empower stock condition assessments and support both surveyors and asset managers in their day-to-day work. Scaffolding, ladders, cherry pickers – these are all bits of kit which instil fear into the minds of health and safety managers. But they’re necessary pieces of equipment for completing full maintenance and…
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Coadjute brings blockchain technology to housing
Bromford, L&Q, Notting Hill Genesis and Origin Housing are working in conjunction with Coadjute, a blockchain-style platform for decentralised workflow and data sharing, to improve safety, quality and accountability in housing projects. The group’s Quality Chain project is currently at a proof-of-concept stage, with the aim of creating a market-ready product by March 2020. Based…
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Onward Homes selects RentSense
Onward Homes has selected Mobysoft’s RentSense software to help its income teams manage their arrears workloads and support tenants in their transition to universal credit. Robert Davies, income and financial inclusion manager, Onward Homes, said, “We decided to buy RentSense due to an increase in our rent arrears due to the impact of welfare reform…
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WCH cuts arrears with Orchard Income Analytics
Having used Orchard software for over a decade, Watford Community Housing is now also using Orchard Income Analytics to manage its tenants’ rent arrears. WCH’s previous BI platform for managing arrears didn’t integrate with Orchard Housing so that income officers had to constantly switch between different applications to get the data they needed to manage…
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Technology procurement – Cheaper isn’t always better
Housing Technology asked a panel of finance and procurement experts from Aareon, Ark Consultancy, CJC Procurement and Itica for their views around the idea that ‘cheaper isn’t always best’ when it comes to IT procurement and the subtleties of balancing quality versus price. The risks of low cost Commenting on the key risk factors associated…
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