In a bid to save money and move towards paperless operations, Viridian Housing has given an iPad to each member of its National Residents’ Forum (NRF). Shaun Lansfield, chairman of the NRF, said, “In the past, we were all sending and receiving so many paper-based communications, and it was clear we needed a better system….
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Accelero & Cadarn Housing’s joint venture
Cadarn Housing Group and Accelero Digital Solutions, both based in South Wales, have formed A&C Technologies, a joint venture to promote the SPriNT software to care and support organisations. SPriNT was originally developed by Cadarn in 2005 to record support and care work and is now used by around 60 organisations in the UK. When…
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Asbestos alerts for West Kent with NDL & BlackBerry
West Kent Housing Association has a developed a dedicated asbestos register ‘app’ for its BlackBerry smartphones using software from NDL. The awiMX platform from NDL enabled West Kent to develop the app in just one week using its existing in-house IT resources. Many of West Kent’s properties were built in the 1970s and 80s, with…
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Wheatley Associates wins mobile deal at Leicester City Council
Leicester City Council has just completed the implementation and roll out of new workforce scheduling and mobile working software from Wheatley Associates, with its housing repairs and maintenance workers being the first to use the new system. Amrik Singh, planning and major works manager, Leicester City Council, said, “Planning daily work schedules for our mobile…
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City Building mobilises with 1st Touch
City Building (Glasgow) has chosen mobile working software from 1st Touch to support its responsive repairs and gas operatives working for many of the company’s housing customers. The 1st Touch implementation is City Building’s second attempt at mobile working, having previously tried another mobile application and realised the importance of closely integrating the mobile software…
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Mobile working gathers pace – NDL report
Mobile working in housing and local government is set to go ‘main stream within the next three years’ according to a new mobile working report from NDL, with both the size and the scope of the projects predicted to increase dramatically. 60 per cent of housing providers and local authorities now have a line of…
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