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Learning the hard way – facing the provision of training & apprenticeships

We were delighted to host a round table discussion at the beginning of December with Midlands Business Insider on the provision of training and apprenticeships to people across the Midlands.  We discussed a number of topics, such as, about how do we attract more students into apprenticeships and whether we are selling them in the right way. …

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Birmingham’s Universal Credit Project team wins Chamberlain Award 2014

Birmingham City Council Digital and Financial inclusion team won the 2014 Chamberlain Award for Innovation. The introduction of universal credit meant Birmingham City Council, the largest landlord in the country, had to rethink the way it delivered its services to tenants. As one of 12 local authority-led universal credit pilots, the team identified innovative approaches …

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The Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) Conference 2014

TPAS Scotland held their annual conference in St. Andrews last month bringing together over 350 tenants and housing professionals to consider some of the biggest challenges facing communities, including welfare reform, digital inclusion and tackling fuel poverty.  We were delighted to support the event by speaking in one of the plenary sessions on digital and …

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Attending World Smart Cities Congress in Barcelona with BCC

We’re at the World Smart Cities Congress, on the UKTI  Pavilion, with Birmingham City Council (BCC), who are 1 of the key UK Smart City exemplars.  The Congress, being held in Barcelona, has brought together cities from all round the world, suppliers, solutions and innovations to demonstrate examples of what is happening on the whole …

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Etive speaking at the Insider Housing National Digital Housing Conference 2014

Greg Teare was a guest speaker at the National Digital Housing Conference where the topic was ‘Digitally Supporting Welfare Reform‘, sharing the experience of working in partnership with Birmingham City Council during their DWP Welfare reform project and sharing the associated outcomes . Etive designed and developed the Digital Log Book to support tenants with digital and financial …

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Digital Birmingham win Digital Community Pioneer of the Year Award with the DLB

Congratulations to Digital Birmingham, of Birmingham City Council, who won the Digital Community Pioneer of the Year Award at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards ceremony held in Manchester.  The work carried out by Digital Birmingham came under the Specialist Awards this year in recognition of the work that has been going on in Birmingham around citizen engagement and …

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First occupants move in at Ogilvie’s Seafar development Cumbernauld

First group of tenants have moved into the Sanctuary Seafar development being built by Ogilvie in Cumbernauld.  This £10.4m development is part of Cumbernauld’s £70m regeneration of the town’s 12 high-rises is gathering momentum. Ninety-six flats are being constructed on the former Seafar House site for the residents of Allanfauld Road’s tower blocks, before the latter …

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Sanctuary’s Anderston development wins Saltire Housing Design Award

Sanctuary’s new development in Anderston, Glasgow, has been awarded a Saltire Housing Design Award in recognition of innovation and excellence in house building.  This is extremely relevant as we start to install the Energy Log Book as part of Sanctuary’s recognition of the water, energy and the environment and the positive impact that improved water and …

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