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Antonine Housing Association moves forward to adopt component accounting and become SORP compliant by April 2012

Antonine Housing Association, a Scottish provider of quality housing and housing services has selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to manage its £12 million asset base in line with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). With impending deadlines forcing Associations to act sooner rather than later, RAM has seen numerous housing associations sign up to using its software since January 2011, a third of which are based in Scotland.......More

Real Asset Management provides business intelligence software that allows fast, easy access to information about key assets

Real Asset Management (RAM), a specialist provider of fixed asset management software, has partnered with QlikTech, a leader in Business Discovery – user-driven Business Intelligence (BI), to provide organisations with fast, easy access to business-critical information about key assets.......More

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust uses Asset4000 from Real Asset Management to verify locations and track depreciation of its £400 million asset base

Derby Hospitals sees a reduction in manual processes and saves a considerable amount of time using the system’s reporting features.......More

Worthing Homes selects Asset4000 from RAM to manage asset base worth £100m

Sussex-based social housing organisation selects RAM’s asset management software to achieve component accounting.......More

Broadacres Housing Association selects Asset4000 from RAM to manage asset base worth £100m

Yorkshire-based housing association enlists RAM’s asset management software to adhere to SoRP’s component accounting guidelines.......More

Southwark Council selects Asset4000 from RAM to manage asset base worth £3.4bn

London's largest social landlord and community services provider selects RAM's asset management solution to assist with component accounting.......More

Salford Primary Care Trust controls £43 million worth of assets with Asset4000 from Real Asset Management

Salford Primary Care Trust, a health services provider, has implemented Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to manage its fixed assets worth £43 million. The RAM solution has enabled the Trust to develop a robust, centralised asset register which promotes improved reporting processes and enables significant time savings by eliminating manual data entry.......More

Newlon Housing Trust Selects RAM to manage £644 Million asset base

Newlon Housing Trust, a charitable housing association providing affordable homes across north and east London, has selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to control its £644m worth of assets in line with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SoRP). Asset4000 presents the housing trust with a robust asset register that provides the component accounting detail required to achieve SoRP, delivering greater transparency of the 70,000 components distributed across Newlon’s 7,000 properties......More

Viridian Housing selects Asset4000 from Real Asset Management to comply with SORP/IFRS and manage component accounting

Viridian Housing, a Housing Association serving London and the South East, has selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to control its asset base, valued at around £960 million. Asset4000 provides the Association with component accounting detail and integration with the existing financial package, saving the finance team time and helping them manage the assets more effectively.............More

Lancaster City Council implements Real Asset Management solution to manage its £278m asset base

Lancaster City Council, a local authority serving a population of 143,000 people, has implemented Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to manage its £278 million worth of fixed assets. As well as helping the local authority achieve IFRS compliance, the RAM solution integrates with the existing ledger system to achieve streamlined back office processes and provide complete confidence in data integrity....................More

Broadland District Council selects Asset4000 from RAM to improve audit trail and meet key legislation

Broadland District Council, a Norfolk authority, has selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to control its £7m worth of assets in line with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SoRP) and upcoming IFRS legislation. Having struggled to find a solution which could match its comparatively small scale whilst still achieving the required functionality, the Council will use the RAM solution to strengthen its audit trail and reduce the time associated with manual data input....................More

East Staffordshire selects Asset4000 from RAM to improve audit trail for £47 million asset base

East Staffordshire Borough Council, a local authority provider, has selected Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to control its £47 million asset base. The solution provides the Council with the detailed functionality required for Statement of Recommended Practice (SoRP) and IFRS compliance, as well as creating a robust audit trail and increasing back-office efficiencies...................More

South Staffordshire District Council selects Asset4000 from RAM to manage over £20m of assets

South Staffordshire Council, a local authority provider, has implemented Asset4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to manage its £20 million worth of assets. The RAM solution, valued in the region of £20,000 enables the Council to achieve IFRS and SORP compliance, flexible reporting functionality and full integration with its existing COA Solutions financial management system, providing improved audit preparation and streamlining processes...................More

St Mary Magdalene Academy selects Real Asset Management’s asset accounting and integrated barcode tracking solution to manage £41 million worth of assets

St Mary Magdalene Academy, a mixed academy providing schooling from early years up to Sixth Form, has selected Asset4000 and Track4000 from Real Asset Management...............More

Icebox Solutions has teamed up with RAM to sell Trailer4000

Real Asset Management is delighted to announce a new partnership with Icebox Solutions, a company that provides consultancy for the US domestic transportation and logistics markets, specialising in process and financial assessment, sales training, product development and rental and lease programs..............More

ALMAR Container Group takes up Real Asset Management’s Rental4000 lease management solution

ALMAR Container Group has purchased Real Asset Management's Rental4000 software to manage its container leasing and trading business..............More

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Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation Trust implements asset management solution to control £180 million asset base

Trust realises improved accuracy and inter-department workflow with integrated solution from Real Asset Management..............More

iSOFT Business Solutions works in partnership with Real Asset Management to deliver a complete financial and asset management solution

iSOFT Business Solutions, the financial software, procurement and bespoke solutions provider, today announces a partnership with Real Asset Management (RAM), a provider of fixed asset management software and services..............More

Partnership delivers integrated financial management and fixed asset management software to the public sector

A leading provider of financial management systems (FMS) to the UK mid-market, COA Solutions (www.coasolutions.com), today announces a partnership with Real Asset Management Plc (RAM) – a UK-leading provider of fixed asset management software and services.............More

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council selects Series4000 from Real Asset Management

The unitary authority which owns and leases approximately £800 million worth of fixed assets selects RAM’s Series4000 to centralise the fixed asset register, ensure SORP 2007 compliance and improve CPA score .................More

GAB Robins drives efficiency with good asset management

GAB Robins’ adoption of Asset4000 and Lease4000 from Real Asset Management (RAM) to support the management of its leased company car fleet has transformed month-end reconciliation, reducing processing time. In addition, improved asset information is supporting enhanced budgetary reporting, whilst the software’s electronic reporting capability is enabling the company to meet its environmental strategy by reducing printed output as well as costs.................More

Internationally acclaimed UK dairy manufacturer selects RAM software to manage and maintain fixed assets worth £20 million

Well-established Somerset cheese makers and associated dairy products manufacturer, AJ & RG Barber Ltd, has today announced its purchase of Asset4000 and Maintenance4000 from Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000 suite of software products. The order, valued at almost £14,000, will provide AJ & RG Barber with a comprehensive and centralised fixed asset register on which to store and manage data relating to its extensive portfolio of fixed assets..................More

RAM announces partnership with KPI-Insight Consulting to produce comprehensive accounting software solution

Real Asset Management (RAM) has announced it is to partner with kpi-insight consulting, to provide a comprehensive accounting software solution for project based businesses. kpi-insight is a leading, Enterprise Services Automation (ESA) solutions provider and Deltek partner, catering to project driven organisations, whilst RAM is a leading provider of fixed asset management and logistics software & services.................More

Sixty UK finds perfect fit for fixed asset management

Sixty UK, leading fashion retailer, has awarded Real Asset Management (RAM) a £7,000 contract to convert the fixed asset register from spreadsheets to fully automated and integrated Asset4000 software, which will comprehensively manage all company fixed assets. RAM’s Asset4000 maintains and manages multiple categories of fixed assets ensuring highly accurate and reliable depreciation and reconciliation calculations..................More

NHS Blood and Transplant selects Series4000 from RAM

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has awarded Real Asset Management (RAM) a £67,000 contract in which RAM will deliver fully integrated Series4000 software to comprehensively manage its fixed assets.....................More

Strong growth prompts expansion of Real Asset Management intermodal software team

On the back of another strong trading year in 2007, Real Asset Management Plc (RAM), the intermodal asset management software specialist, has announced further expansion of its UK development team to meet increased demand from both new and existing customers.  Alan Hathaway and Andrew Clifford joined the transport and logistics division of RAM during the third and final quarters of 2007....................More

Real Asset Management releases white paper on intermodal software evaluation and implementation

Real Asset Management Plc (RAM), the supplier of asset and business management solutions for the container and intermodal industries, has released a white paper providing best practice guidelines for evaluating and implementing intermodal management software....................More

Beacon starts up with Rental4000

Beacon Intermodal Leasing, the newest entrant to the international container leasing market, is to deploy the Rental4000 lease management solution from Real Asset Management (RAM) plc, provider of specialist asset and business management software to the container and intermodal industries. ...................More

HM Treasury and Office of Government Commerce consolidate fixed asset registers onto one central system with Asset4000 from Real Asset Management

The Office of Government Commerce makes Asset4000 accessible to HM Treasury increasing group business efficiency through centralised, automated asset management ...................More

Counting the Assets

Asset4000 asset management software from Real Asset Management allows prominent Foundation Trust to improve patient service through economies of time and money, whilst ensuring availability of vital hospital equipment..................More

TyneMet to manage £25 million assets with software from RAM

Tyne Metropolitan College is to install Asset4000 and Track4000 modules from Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000 product suite. This £11,000 order is the first stage in the implementation of a brand new fixed asset management system, which once completed, will be used to manage assets across all departments. This comprehensive system will improve productivity and ensure permanent fixed asset financial reconciliation.................More

New analysis shows efficient asset management set to generate £30 billion of public funds

Analysis of recent announcements by the Government’s National Audit Office and published today by Real Asset Management (RAM) shows the total value of state assets now stands at £338 billion; an almost threefold increase since the £125+ billion estimated by the Lord Chancellor and the Treasury, prior to the publication of the first NAR in 1997.................More

Leading further education college replaces spreadsheets with asset management software
from RAM

Lakes College, one of Cumbria’s top Further Education Colleges, has installed comprehensive, integrated asset management software from Real Asset Management (RAM). The new system will manage the fixed assets of separate departments over the entire campus centrally, helping control financial, legal, accounting and compliance requirements as it replaces the outdated and inadequate spreadsheet system previously in place................More

It’s a record breaking half year for RAM

Real Asset Management Plc (RAM), the fixed asset management software specialist, has announced record breaking half year figures, further enforcing its status as one of the core market leaders in fixed asset management software. May 2007 was the highest sales order month since the company was formed; an achievement all the more noteworthy as it stands in contradiction of May’s status as a quiet time in the calendar, following the April year end...............More

RAM’s Maintenance4000 software to improve repetitive and reactive repairs and ensure Health and Safety compliance for Nugent Care

Leading North West charitable organisation, Nugent Care, is to manage repetitive repairs and reactive maintenance with Maintenance4000 software from Real Asset Management. This will improve efficiency in maintaining all its properties, and ensure continuing compliance with Health and Safety requirements across the organisation’s 40 sites.................More

Housing partnership overhauls its asset management with RAM software

Brent Housing Partnership (BHP), a management company looking after 13,000 council properties within the Brent borough, has selected Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000 software to ramp up the efficiency and accuracy of its asset tracking and management..................More

North East Ambulance Service selects RAM software over Oracle Assets

The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) NHS Trust which is using Oracle Financials from the North East Patches Consortium, this month ‘goes live’ with Asset4000 software – a flexible fixed asset system catering for all asset types – from Real Asset Management (RAM). The order, valued at £25,000, will provide a comprehensive and integral information system to aid the asset reporting process for the Department of Health and includes installation, configuration, training and data conversion. The Asset4000 software was selected after a rigorous comparison with a number of other products................More

College on the right track with flexible asset management software from RAM

Cannock Chase Technical College, the largest provider of post-16 education in the Chase district, will go live with Asset4000 and Track4000 software from Real Asset Management (RAM) in June. The new software will enable the College to overhaul the way in which it tracks and manages its range of assets, which are valued in excess of £11 million.....................More

University of Reading halves equipment insurance premiums with Asset4000

The University of Reading (UoR), a higher education institute widely renowned for its expertise in the areas of agriculture, meteorology and business, is successfully using Asset4000 to manage its growing accountability in the areas of compliance, cost efficiencies, risk management and resource planning.................More

New partnership offers customers more choice

EPM and Real Asset Management Plc (RAM) have today announced a head of terms agreement that will see the two maintenance management specialists forming closer links in software design, support and implementation..................More

RAM sees further acceleration in orders

Real Asset Management plc (RAM), the fixed asset software specialist, has today given a further update on the group’s progress following a management buyout from its Belgian parent in 2001.....................More

Leek college manages assets in new teaching block

Leek College, providers of further education to both adults and teenage students in Staffordshire, has today announced the implementation of Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000, a suite of asset management software modules, to transform its asset accounting, tracking and reporting, in a deal valued in the region of £7,000.....................More

Marjory Kinnon School Expels Spreadsheets

Marjory Kinnon School, a specialist school for children with moderate to complex learning difficulties and children with autism, has selected Series4000, a suite of fixed asset software modules, from Real Asset Management (RAM)........................More

French bakery implements fixed asset management software to aid UK expansion

Authentic French bakery and patisserie, Paul UK, this month ‘goes live’ with Asset4000 software – a flexible fixed asset system catering for all asset types – from Real Asset Management (RAM) in a deal valued at £5000....................More

Bullimores overhauls asset management with new software from RAM

Bullimores Sand and Gravel Ltd, a supplier of aggregates to the building and construction industry, has selected Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Asset4000 software to improve the company’s management of over 1400 assets worth in excess of £5 million and to provide detailed, accurate depreciation charges for plant and equipment....................More

West London Mental Health improves asset accounting with new software from RAM

Created in 2001 by the merger of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham Mental Health NHS Trust and Broadmoor Hospital Authority, West London Mental Health Trust has grown with the merger of numerous mental health services and Trusts to offer a large geographical spread covering approximately 45 miles. Based in Southall, the trust has around 30 significant sites with a turnover of £206 million. It employs 4,000 members of staff and provides around 1,200 beds of which 650 are secure....................More

RAM looks to build on recent successes in housing market

Real Asset Management Plc (RAM), the fixed asset management software specialist, has today announced that it has reached a significant milestone in the housing sector market with over 250,000 housing units now being managed through its software....................More

RAM strolls into Boston

Real Asset Management (RAM), the fixed asset and maintenance software specialist, has today announced the opening of its second North American office in Boston MA. the 'Walking City'...................More

Carmarthenshire NHS Trust replaces spreadsheets with dedicated asset management software

Real Asset Management’s Series4000 purchased to consolidate Trust’s asset register across estates, finance and IT...................More

Ashfield District Council shows its authority with RAM

Ashfield District Council is responsible to more than 108,700 residents and has selected Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000 solution to meet all of the local authority’s capital charge/accounting requirements..............................More

Five Star Hotel no longer happy to rely on spreadsheets

July 17 2006, UK: Chewton Glen, one of the world’s finest Five Star Hotel and Spa Resorts, has gone live with Real Asset Management’s (RAM) Series4000 to improve the hotel’s management of over 5000 assets. .............More