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News, Articles and Opinion from the Vantage team
Join our Growing Team as a Business Consultant
Are you skilled in business change? Do you have a passion for helping organisations improve their efficiency, effectiveness and the services they deliver? Due to ongoing growth, we are recruiting to expand our consultancy team, this role will be vital to support,...
Launch Event: Operations & Customer Experience Forum
Join us on 30th January for the launch of the Strategic Operations & Customer Experience Directors forum. The event will give you an opportunity to meet with other Directors in Operations, Transformation, Housing and Customer Experience to learn and share...
2019 A Year in Review
As I sit down to write my annual round up and look ahead to 2020, I have been reflecting back on our 20th year in business working with some of the leading Social Housing providers. Highlights of 2019 We have continued to add to our portfolio of clients in the...
The Golden Thread of Success: Benefits Realisation in Social Housing
At a recent workshop, we asked housing sector delegates to score themselves out of five for tracking and evidencing the benefits of change programmes. They all scored themselves below average, particularly within digital transformation programmes. For example many...
R&M Forum Member Spotlight: Russell Thompson, Thirteen Group
As we turn the spotlight onto our members, we spoke to Russell Thompson, Executive Director of Property Services at Thirteen Group, to discuss sector challenges and why he joined the Strategic Assets and Repairs & Maintenance Forum. What was the main driver for...
20:20 Vision – CEOs Roundtable Event
This event has now taken place. To access the summary and the slides from the event, please click here to access the page. An unmissable sector roundtable specifically for CEOs. Save the date: 21st January 2020 for a CEOs roundtable event hosted by Ruth Cooke,...
Transformation Bite Back: Effective Initiative Prioritisation
Mergers, transformation plans and amalgamations can often mean initiative overload strikes a housing provider. Add to this the digitalisation agenda, process automation techniques or just a desire to shake up the status quo, and it can be difficult to prioritise....
Sector Operating Margins Down by 9% and R&M Spend up by 6.8% in Headline Analysis FY18/19
The Financial State of the Sector FY18/19 is presented by Vantage and the Performance Improvement Club for the third year running. The report was produced in response to a demand for a more timely and insightful analysis of the sectors financial performance and of...
We are recruiting a Trainee Business Consultant
Are you looking to kick start your career in business consulting? We are looking for an enthusiastic Trainee Business Consultant to become part of our Client Delivery Team. We work with Housing Associations nationally and we...
Ruth Cooke Announced as Keynote Speaker this October
We are delighted to announce Ruth Cooke, Group Chief Executive at Greensquare Group, as the keynote speaker at our Financial State of the Sector event on Wednesday 16th October. Join us to hear Ruth's views on the sectors biggest challenges, the future...