APSE Scotland announces the Gold Award Winners in the ‘Striving for Excellence Awards 2015’

APSE Scotland has announced the finalists in the ‘Striving for Excellence Awards 2015’. Designed to recognise the successes of local government services in Scotland these awards celebrate innovation in service design and delivery in the areas of Waste and Recycling Services, Fleet Services and Grounds Maintenance, Parks and Streetscene Services.

The Gold Award Winners in each service area are: 

Dumfries & Galloway Council for Fleet services

Kindly Sponsored by SMA Vehicle Remarketing

Aberdeen City Council for Parks, Grounds & Street services

Kindly Sponsored by Dennis Eagle

Falkirk Council for Waste & Recycling services

Kindly Sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland

Announcing the finalists APSE Chief Executive Paul O’Brien said “Local Government in Scotland is leading the way in delivering excellence in public services. We recognise that the journey towards excellence never really ends but these winning councils keep on delivering, keep on improving and keep on putting pride into our local services.”

The overall award sponsor Zero Waste Scotland commended all of the finalists and winners

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Notes to editors

The winners were announced at the APSE Scotland Fleet, Grounds and Waste seminar 2015 

The Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) is a not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to promoting excellence in the delivery of frontline services to local communities. APSE works with more than 300 local authorities across the UK.

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