At our Housing Technology 2010 conference in February, digital exclusion among tenants was a hot topic for the delegates, despite few of them having direct responsibility for the provision of technology and internet access to tenants. There is considerable debate about how technology can be made more widely available to tenants, many of whom are…
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Editor’s Notes: Snowbound or mobile?
How many of your staff were unable to get into the office during January’s spell of snow? And how many of them were still able to work from home effectively? The travel chaos caused by the recent snow and the resulting difficulties of getting to work highlight the need for housing providers to embrace mobile…
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Editor’s Notes: Top tips for 2010
At the start of a new year and a new decade, how about making some new resolutions? Based on the results of our 2010 survey and report, the following suggestions are worth considering: Customer relationship management – if you don’t have a CRM system already, it should be on your list of priority business applications….
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Editor’s Notes: At work or in work?
Most housing providers have embraced mobile technology for their field-based staff and contractors, such as job-scheduling systems, repairs reporting and inspections. However, fewer have extended mobile working to their general workforce; this is usually the result of a management culture that values ‘presenteeism’ over actual productivity. Yet the technology to support flexible, mobile working is…
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Editor’s Notes: Digital Britain – are your tenants in or out?
One of the characteristics of social housing tenants is that they are more likely to be financially deprived than the general population. This means that tenants are more likely to struggle to buy computers and get connected to the internet – they are part of the ‘digitally excluded’ that the Government is trying to help…
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Editor’s Notes: Counting the cost
Are you interested in international accounting standards? If not, then perhaps you should be as both IFRS (international financial reporting standards) and SORP (statement of recommended practice) will have an enormous impact on your asset management systems. In short, these accounting standards demand that every asset is broken down into its component parts, each of…
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