How digital transformation is driving sustainability agendas

In the business community, we are seeing a sustainability revolution. CEOs and Senior Leadership Teams are recognising that they can no longer take a back seat. They need to be showing their customers, employees, and stakeholders that they are taking affirmative steps and actions to meet compliance and environment regulations. Yet, many businesses do not…

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Key insight from Insider’s social housing roundtable

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Last week, we were delighted to speak at a special social housing roundtable, providing expert advice and knowledge around digital transformation. Our Customer Solutions Director, Jon Portlock was a key speaker during Insider Media’s digital and social housing roundtable. Drawing on his 20 years’ experience in the technology sector, Jon has been instrumental in enabling…

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Raising £6,000 in under six months

Thanks to the fantastic efforts of our fundraising Timigos, we are delighted to announce that we have raised more than £6,000 for St John Ambulance in under six months. St John Ambulance is a 140-year-old volunteer-led health and first aid charity, with national presence, reach and scale. In 2020, during the Covid-19 lockdown, the charity’s…

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Mental Health Awareness Week: Going further to support our colleagues

This year for Mental Health Awareness Week, we furthered our commitment to supporting our people’s health and wellbeing, by hosting several activities and events. Mental Health Awareness Event is an annual week-long event, which took place from 10 to 16 May this year. The week, which is recognised by leading charities, encourages people to open…

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Five technologies for effective remote working

A staggering 7.5 million UK workers want to work from home permanently once lockdown restrictions lift in June, a report has found. At Timico, we’re not surprised. The report by Deloitte highlighted that the number of workers wanting to work from home has more than doubled in the last year and there has been a…

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Utilise your social housing IT partner

In any housing association, the technological requirements are vast. That is why the benefits of utilising a social housing IT partner is plentiful. Technology partnerships exist to help social housing organisations implement and optimise their technical systems. But budget and time restraints can often mean that the value of an IT partner is overlooked by…

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Top tips for enabling a remote workforce in social housing

The rise in social housing providers enabling a remote workforce is continuing to increase. Many associations are recognising the benefits of flexible working, including better productivity, significant energy and cost savings as well as happier employees. In fact, a recent report highlighted that 79 per cent of housing association employees are satisfied with working from…

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Are your resident support solutions connected, productive and secure?

Technology around resident support and communication needs to be at the top of any digital agenda. After all, tenants want to feel safe, secure, and supported by their housing provider. In recent years, housing providers have increasingly adopted self-service portals in their homes as part of resident support and to combat any communication challenges. The…

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Five ways to tackle social housing IT challenges

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It is no secret that social housing IT challenges continues to be a growing problem for housing associations. The changing expectations of the digital citizen, technology budget constraints as well as the ongoing recovery from Covid-19 means that these challenges are only going to increase over the next year. In a digital-dependant world, CIOs and…

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