Keepmoat Group is using an e-procurement system to reduce its supply chain costs by up to 30 per cent. The eSourcing platform from BravoSolution has already cut £600,000 from the community regeneration provider’s £40 million sub-contractor costs. With 2,800 staff and an annual turnover of £570 million, Keepmoat is one of the largest providers of…
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Orchard retains Investors in People accreditation
Following a thorough review process and a glowing report from the Investors in People assessor, Orchard Information Systems has announced that it has successfully retained its IIP status. The objective of the IIP review was to assess the impact of areas such as management development activities, assertive actions in the areas of time keeping and…
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£200,000 Aareon deal at Port of Leith
Port of Leith Housing Association has just begun a project to replace its housing management system with an integrated system from Aareon. The £200,000 implementation is expected to be completed during autumn 2010 and will comprise Aareon’s QL Housing, Financials and Personnel systems, including contact management, asset management and development modules. Port of Leith started…
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Montal launches £10k intranet for housing
Montal has launched a SharePoint intranet solution specifically for housing providers which the company says can be installed in five days and will cost less than £10,000. Based on Montal’s 25-year experience in housing, the Unify out-of-the-box intranet is pre-configured with numerous standard features that would normally need to be developed from scratch. Unify includes…
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Tenants endorse procurement cost and quality
Cost and quality of service are the most important criteria for tenants involved in their housing provider’s decision-making processes, while innovation and environmental considerations are their lowest priorities, according to a survey from the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Tenants and Residents Organisations of England (TAROE) and the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS). Housing providers…
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Orchard Housing kicks off with charity donation
Orchard marked the launch of its next-generation Orchard Housing system at the CIH conference with a charity table football tournament, raising money for Homeless International. Orchard Housing enables information to be taken from any system and then delivered to staff, customers and contractors in the way they want, irrespective of device, location or time. As…
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