Accent Group is saving £170,000 per year by automating routine HR tasks with a new web-based system from Select Software. Accent Group, which provides homes for 50,000 people across the UK and employs 700 people, has re-engineered its HR services. The housing provider, which is Select Software’s first customer for its Select HR Web Edition,…
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Housing gains from InTechnology’s 21CN deal
InTechnology has signed a five-year agreement which will see BT provide InTechnology with high-bandwidth voice and data services delivered over 21CN, BT’s next-generation Ethernet programme. The deal is particularly relevant to the housing sector due to many organisations operating across multiple sites; 21CN brings the benefits of high bandwidth Ethernet networks to enable housing organisations…
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High-speed network for 150 Midland Heart sites
Midland Heart is overhauling its information network across 150 sites in the West Midlands following a deal with NTL Telewest Business. The new NTL network is already live at Midland Heart’s headquarters and three satellite offices, with the remaining four offices and housing sites expected to be live by July 2009. The housing and regeneration…
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Clearview scores its half-century
Bromford Group and Trust Housing Association recently signed up for Clearview’s planning and performance management system, taking the number of its RSL customers to 50. Clearview was selected by Bromford as part of its plan of becoming a three-star, excellent-rated organisation, with the Clearview Best Practice framework providing a structure to its improvement plans. Trust…
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Real-time job scheduling at Merthyr Valley Homes
Merthyr Valley Homes (MVH) is moving to dynamic scheduling for its repairs teams using Kirona’s Intelligent Mobile Opti-Time system. In the past, jobs created in MVH’s Academy housing management system were manually allocated to its repairs team. This time-consuming and labour-intensive process will be replaced with dynamic scheduling direct from Academy to Opti-Time. Kirona will…
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Virtual desktops for Solihull MBC
Solihull Community Housing Association has installed a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) system to enable its duty managers to work from any site in the borough. Working with independent consultancy Centralis and in collaboration with Solihull MBC, Citrix XenDesktop has been installed, allowing registered users to access their virtualised desktop from any location, giving them greater…
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