2020

Liverpool City Council, in partnership APSE Solutions, has published an Invitation to Tender for firms to be included on a ground breaking framework for the supply of Underground Refuse Systems.

As reorganisation raises its head, APSE’s Mo Baines explores the issues that are once again back on the agenda.

York City’s Ten Year City Plan is a long-term strategy to improve the lives of everyone who lives, works and studies in the city. Cllr Keith Aspden, Leader of City of York Council,  discusses placing health, well-being and climate action at the heart of the Council’s COVID recovery plans.

Rebecca Morgan, Bereavement and Business Support Officer at South Staffordshire Council, outlines her team’s  approach to the thorny issue of public health funerals in the early stages of the pandemic.

Steve Wilson, Director of Collaboration and Development at Commercial Services Group (wholly owned by Kent County Council) looks at the emergence of the in-house model for Interim and Temporary staffing.

Katie Woods, Catering Development Officer at Derbyshire County Council explains how her team has maintained its high standards in service delivery throughout the pandemic. 

The pioneering AceOn Group – a newly-approved official partner of APSE Energy – is to showcase cutting-edge energy technology which could play a major role in helping local authorities and housing associations to meet their climate change targets.

A new report published by APSE, researched and written by the TCPA, is calling on the Government to put public health at the heart of housing delivery; empowering local decision-makers to create healthy and high-quality places. 

#saveleisure is a digital campaign run by Community Leisure UK, ukactive, CIMSPA and supported by APSE, Swim England, Swim Wales and many other partners. 

With Fife Council declaring a Climate Emergency in September 2019, we spoke to Hugh Muschamp, programme manager in the Climate Change and Zero Waste team, about how Fife intends to deliver on its declaration.

Earlier this year, Telford and Wrekin Council took home the APSE Soft FM Green Innovation Award. Lorna Hicks, Catering Group Manager, and Kate Sumner, Cleaning Group Manager, outline the progress their services have made in helping to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint.

Paul O’Brien, APSE Chief Executive, argues councils need to step up to their role as place-shapers, stepping in where developers have withdrawn and looking much more pragmatically at actions to improve local town centres.

The first purpose built, fully integrated electric refuse collection vehicle built by an original equipment manufacturer in the UK will be undergoing trials in Oxford this week.

Andy Mudd, Head of APSE Solutions, offers a brief overview of the recent Underground Refuse Systems virtual briefing event on Tuesday 14 July.

The Telford-based AceOn Group - a pioneering energy storage and battery company has signed a new partnership - has been appointed an Approved Partner by APSE Energy. 

Recently appointed parks manager at Halton Borough Council, Paul Boardman rose through the ranks having first joined the authority as a gardening apprentice. We interviewed Paul about his achievement, and what it says about the value of local authority apprenticeship schemes. 

A report back on the APSE policy seminar exploring the future of our high streets and town centres.

AssetWorks, a leading provider of fleet and asset management software in the United Kingdom, announced their status as an APSE Approved Partner.