2025
- Co-creating a regional approach to domestic retrofit
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Helen Burridge, HCCSP Manager, Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership, provides an overview of the local authority retrofit accelerator pilot.
- Take our Allotments Survey!
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This survey includes a range of questions that will enable a valuable snapshot to be gained of the local authority allotment services sector.
- Tackling air pollution in Richmond
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Cllr Alexander Ehmann, Chair of the Transport and Air Quality Services Committee, gives an overview of the efforts in his borough to improve air quality and health outcomes.
- Lendology CIC launches new website putting people at the heart with a streamlined customer journey
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With a growing network of local council partners and a wider variety of loan options than ever before, the new website reflects Lendology’s core belief that finance should be fair, accessible, and designed around real people.
- Boosting citizen engagement and satisfaction
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Staffordshire County Council boosts citizen engagement and satisfaction with Community Central solution from Brightly Software and Jadu
- From rooftops to residents – Hackney's 1 MW solar microgrid pilot
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Jason Powell, Head of Operations, Hackney Light and Power, outlines the UK’s first ooftop solar scheme to use microgrid technology - helping to reduce energy bills for council flat residents.
- APSE's response to the free school meals extension
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APSE welcomes the Government’s announcement on extending the eligibility for free school meals to all children in families receiving universal credit in England from September 2026.
- Working with the construction industry to deliver cleaner air
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Jason Andrews, EH Pollution Manager and Andrew Gordon, Project Manager, London Borough of Merton, detail their work to reduce air pollution caused by the construction industry through a collaborative approach.
- APSE Allergens and Allergen Management roundtable survey
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On 4 March 2025, the APSE Education Catering Network held on online roundtable discussion alongside a representative from the Food Standards Agency, discussing approaches to allergen management in school catering.
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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