Presentations

Presentations for our 2 day seminar held in Blackpool are available below:

Thursday 5 December: Plenary Sessions

Climate Change and Environmental Cleanliness in Stockholm

Jonathan Pertot, Head of Street Operations, Sofia Nordström, Communications and Sara Alves, System Administrator, City of Stockholm

Statistical Insight into Local Government in the UK

Jennet Woolford, Director of Public Policy Analysis, Office for National Statistics (ONS)

What’s happening in front line services?

Debbie Johns, Head of performance networks, APSE

Thursday 5 December: Forum Presentations

Forum 1: APSE service award winners 2024 – Nottingham City Council

Chris Keane, Head of Highways, Nottingham City Council and Fiona Sutton-Wilson, Head of APSE Training

Forum 2: Climate change

Scott Butterfield, Strategy, Policy and Research Manager, Blackpool Council, Glynn Humphries, APSE Associate and Phil Brennan, Head of Energy, APSE

Forum 3: Workforce matters

Chris Ross, Chair and Nicky Joiner Vice Chair, Assist FM and Lindsay Airey, Head of Business Resources, APSE

Forum 4: Proving Value for Money in financially difficult times

Andy Vaughan, APSE Associate and Mo Baines, APSE Chief Executive

Forum 5: Digitalisation: New Power BI reports and Inspection Apps

Paul Naylor, Eastleigh Borough Council and Debbie Johns, Head of performance networks, APSE and Ian Jones, APSE associate

Friday 6 December

What’s happened and what’s next for local government finances?

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies

Post-election: what’s the direction for local government front-line services?

Chair Mo Baines, Chief Executive, APSE

Digitalisation and Technology

David Ogden, Engagement Director, SOCITM

Managing Demand and Productivity

Mike Cockburn, Assistant Director – Climate Emergency & Environment, Wirral Council

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.