SDS, a leading software provider in social housing, is celebrating 20 years in business. The Surrey-based company provides real-time software to help housing providers with development appraisals, project workflows, and cash flow management. The company was started by David Shelton in 1994 and now has 14 employees and an annual turnover of around £1 million….
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General News
Money in, money out
As we mention in our feature article and focus on technology for risk management (pages 24-28), performance management and risk management can be considered as two sides of the same coin. While performance management software enables housing providers to fine-tune and quantify their operations for greater productivity and efficiency, risk management software gives them the…
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Front-line housing staff under pressure from welfare reform
Welfare reform, lack of housing supply and the increasing gap between income and housing costs are having the biggest impact on front-line housing roles according to new research. The UK-wide research across over 1,000 tenants and housing professionals, commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Wheatley Group, found that front-line workers want their employers…
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New head of IT for Magna
Magna Housing Group has appointed David Connoley as their new group head of IT. His previous experience includes working at Barnet Group, Viridian Housing and Moat Housing, as well as companies such as Marks & Spencer, Barclays and Virgin Atlantic. Mobile working at Magna is expected to be one of the first areas to be…
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Mears’ apprentices – You’re hired!
Continuing Housing Technology’s support for apprenticeship schemes in the housing sector, we are delighted to report that Mears Group has just taken on 11 new apprentices from Gateshead College. The new intake brings the total number of apprentices working for Mears in Gateshead to more than 30. Five of the new apprentices – Michael Rodgers,…
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National Housing Federation on board with eShare
The National Housing Federation is using eShare’s BoardPacks board portal and governance software for its board meetings in order to reduce the time and cost of printing board papers, having originally discovered eShare at its own Company Secretaries Conference. The Federation is using the BoardPacks app and meeting management module. Stephen Bull, head of governance…
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