Woolworths has signed with Allpay.net to provide bill payment services in its 820 high-street stores, enabling customers that receive bills from Allpay.net clients, which include housing associations and local councils, to now make their payments at the cashtill in any Woolworths store, using cash or a debit card. Customers will use an Allpay.net swipe card,…
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E-procurement at Wandle Housing
Wandle Housing Association has overhauled its procurement systems to deliver tighter budgetary control, better financial reporting and faster ordering. Wandle, which owns and manages more than 5600 properties in 11 London boroughs including Bromley, Croydon, Lewisham and Wandsworth, was hampered by an old and inflexible purchasing system. While Wandle’s accounting process was very efficient, with…
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Community Housing Group takes IBS
Worcestershire-based Community Housing Group is focusing on streamlining its internal processes and improving customer service following the signing of a £100,000 contract with IBS OpenSystems. With 5500 homes around Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport, Community Housing Group expects to see efficiency gains in its processing of invoices, payroll, job contracts, timesheets and other internal processes when…
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Liverpool Mutual Homes deal with Alliance & Leicester
Liverpool Mutual Homes, the city’s newest registered social landlord, is to provide its 17,000 tenants with improved rent payment services in a deal with Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank. LMH tenants will be given a plastic swipe card for making rent payments at any Post Office branch or at the 230 Payzone outlets in convenience…
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BCHG takes Frontier system
Black Country Housing Group is updating its payroll and human resources systems to integrate them into a single system from Frontier Software. Based around Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, BCHG needed a system that could accommodate the varied payroll requirements across its staff, such as conditions of service, pay frequencies and annual adjustments, and also…
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Less is more
Controlling costs is a core objective for any organisation, not least housing associations. As the costs of community needs rise faster than the pace of revenue generation, housing associations need to improve their operational efficiency, with the procurement process offering significant opportunities for gains. Most housing associations have expended little resources on managing the money…
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