The rise and rise of mobile connectivity has been well documented. According to the 2015 GSMA Mobile Economy Report, the mobile ecosystem generated almost four per cent of UK GDP in 2014; a contribution that amounts to over $3 trillion of economic value across 236 countries. By 2020, mobile broadband connections will account for almost 70 per cent of the global base. [...]
GGHT Responding to the Impact of the Government's Welfare Reform Initiatives The introduction of the bedroom tax and universal credit as components of the government’s welfare reform programme, for which Warrington was a Pathfinder, was widely predicted to increase rent arrears and voids, leading to substantial losses in revenue for Golden Gates Housing Trust. The housing provider’s managing director, Peter Fitzhenry, takes us [...]
As part of the agreement, Footprint will provide Golden Gates with a range of services including long-term offsite data storage, lone-worker protection, Chip & Pin payments, tablet-based mobile working, web-based records management, and all hardware devices and their associated data packages. Footprint is also offering the same package to other housing providers that join the [...]
Mobile working specialist Footprint Solutions has been awarded a framework agreement to provide a total information management solution. The agreement is open to all public sector including registered social housing providers and local authorities in the UK. Any trust interested in adopting the tablet-based solution can bypass their standard procurement processes as the necessary legal procedures have been completed; this means trusts can buy solutions [...]
