Following the acquisition of 1st Touch by Aareon in 2012, the two companies finally merged their operations in July 2017. 1st Touch remains as a legal entity and is solely focused on the development and support of mobile technologies, while its consulting, sales, marketing and administrative operations have been integrated into Aareon UK. At the…
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Futures Housing on the move with Skype and Facebook
Futures Housing Group closed the doors to its base in Daventry at the end of August because its agile workforce no longer needs an office. The move is part of Futures Housing’s plan to have flexible teams who use mobile technology to do their jobs in tenants’ homes and other locations. Lindsey Williams, group chief…
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Cordery Castle partners with Brentwood Housing
Cordery Castle has signed Brentwood Housing Trust as a ‘pathfinder partner’ for its Castle Management System (CMS), a housing and asset management platform specifically designed for housing providers with up to 6,000 properties. Cordery Castle said that CMS covers everything smaller housing providers need, from tenant management to rent collection, and maintenance scheduling through to…
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Civica sold for £1 billion
Civica has been sold for £1,055 million by Omers Private Equity to Partners Group. Omers, the pension provider for municipal employees in Ontario, bought Civica in 2013 for around £400 million. Since its acquisition of Civica, Omers has invested in key organic growth initiatives as well as mergers, where Civica has acquired and integrated 12…
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Castle’s PanConnect app mobilises Coastal Housing
Coastal Housing Group has introduced the PanConnect app from Castle Computer Services to support mobile working. Rhian Waygood, IT systems business partner, Coastal Housing, said, “Our gas team is the first to use PanConnect for capturing data and creating CP12 certificates. The next phase of the programme will see it introduced into voids and lettings,…
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Virtual College gets tenants online
To help new tenants settle into their homes and support their pre-tenancy requirements, online learning provider Virtual College has created a range of online resources. Fiona Sheen, online learning advisor, Virtual College, said, “We were aware of the issues surrounding tenancy agreement failures widely expressed by the social housing sector. There is a need to…
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