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Update 1254 28 July 2025

HOPS Updates HELP PAGES We have reviewed and updated our Help pages on managing permissions: Permissions overview: https://www.hops.org.uk/help/permissions-introduction Permission groups: https://www.hops.org.uk/help/permission-groups We hope these are useful and we will continue to update and develop the help pages in HOPS. These can be accessed via https://www.hops.org.uk/help/ or via the question mark icon in the top right corner of HOPS. === SAFETY CIRCULAR A volunteer member of staff was struck and seriously injured as they alighted from a wagon forming part of a works train. https://www.hops.org.uk/safetycircular/90 Safety Circulars are published for the benefit of all heritage railways sharing lessons learned and best practices. https://www.hops.org.uk/safetycircular You can subscribe (and unsubscribe) to email update notifications via the link above. Sharing lessons learned with other organisations, and learning from lessons from other railways is an indicator of "Excellence" in RM3. === TIME REGISTER - ANOMALIES The sort order of the Anomalies list has been switched so that the OLDEST is now at the top. This is to assist in guiding the user to resolve the sign-ins before the sign-outs to make resolving the sign-outs easier. === ASSET MANAGEMENT - DEFECTS Advanced warning that update work will be taking place on this part of the Asset Management system over the next few weeks. There will be a short period of time where logging/editing/closing defects will not be available. We will advise in advance when this is to take place. === PURCHASE ORDERS Thank you to everyone who has fed back on the overhauled purchase order system. There are a small number of things we are still aware need to be ironed out: - Search facility on Cost Centres drop-downs - Search facility on Supplier Name - Page load speed. - "My CC Approvals" and "My FD Approvals" tabs still occasionally showing too many POs. We are working through the above as soon as possible. === GREASE TOPS We now have all the sizes of Grease Top Hats back in stock, especially size 57 - apparently the standard for Drivers across all HOPS Heritage Railways in the UK and beyond. https://www.heritage-ops.org.uk/product/160 === HOPS UPDATES We try our best to communicate information about HOPS services and developments as best we can. This is to note that, in times of service disruption, updates will be posted on the main HOPS Facebook page, where they can be viewed by admins and users - https://www.facebook.com/HeritageOps/ We will no longer post updates on X (formerly Twitter). In normal operation, updates are posted on HOPS in System > Updates ( www.hops.org.uk/updates ) and on either HOPS Admins Group or the main HOPS Facebook page (depending on the target audience). You can subscribe (and unsubscribe) to email update notifications via the Updates link above. Thank you === HOPS VIDEOS We are making good progress re-uploading HOPS videos to YouTube. However, it is taking a lot of sifting through videos from the cutting room floor to find all the right tapes. If anyone wants to admit to having pirated the videos and wants to give us back a copy of the ones we have not yet found please let us know! Thank you. === Thank you Danny Scroggins