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  • THE RENT ETHIC

      There’s a lot of traditional thinking about collecting rent and managing rent arrears. Firstly, they are two different things. One is a condition of tenancy and the other is debt collection. They have different approaches, different terminology and different ways of managing change or...
  • ‘Thought-Provoking’ read time: 2 mins.

    A large Scottish social landlord asked us to carry out an in-depth review of its voids management process. We call this a ‘diagnostic’, as it includes a combination of policy and procedure review, training workshops, conversations with staff and on-site visits looking at how standards a...
  • Handling Difficult Conversations & Situations

    The psychological effects are obvious. Consequences on health, anxiety, stress, absence, even from seasoned housing professionals can only make things worse – for both the individuals and the organisation’s business ambitions. Even office-based staff are feeling threatened by persistent ...
  • Lunchtime at 95

    A Legend in its own LunchtimeOne thing we trainers have noticed over the last few years is that training budgets have been affected badly by the shortage of biscuits.Once upon a time a training day would be focused on the timetabling of lunch, as part of housekeeping. Now, in many cases, lunchtime i...
  • What’s the Cost?

    How much does it all cost? Where does the budget go?TRAINING definition: Teaching a skill or type of behaviour; to improve performance.We haven’t got a problem with that. Better skills and behaviours that lead to improved performance can only benefit the service through which those skills are ...
  • The In-House Option – Take Training95 home

    We understand that you sometimes want us to come to you. No problem. We will accept it as a compliment that our courses and trainers are very attractive to many of your staff.However, our 3 Principles remain.First, the cost is £95 for each person attending.Simple.Next, we realise that there ar...