2022

After almost 24 years as APSE Chief Executive and in my 40^th year in local government I am stepping down from my current role on 31 December 2022.

The latest Survation poll on public trust in frontline services - Damian Lyons Lowe, Survation p6

The secrets to Eastleigh Borough Council's Service Awards success - Cllr Keith House, Leader of the Council, p10

Liverpool's waste collection revolution - p12

How Plymouth City Council are supporting urban nature recovery - p21

Damian Lyons Lowe, Chief Executive at leading poll company, Survation, provides a breakdown of the latest poll on trust in public services.  

One of the biggest events in the local government calendar, we provide a summary of the speakers, workshops and forums from APSE’s annual benchmarking seminar in Blackpool.

Having scooped Overall Council of the Year at the APSE Service Awards 2022, Cllr Keith House, Leader of Eastleigh Borough Council, reveals the secrets to the Council’s success. 

APSE Performance Networks is pleased to announce the winners in the most improved and best performer categories for the 2022 awards.

Following the announcement that longstanding APSE Chief Executive, Paul O’Brien is to retire, APSE has announced it has appointed a successor Chief Executive, Mo Baines.

Family Action is set to be the delivery partner for the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) for an additional year, due to an additional investment of up to £12m by the government.

APSE Energy's latest report, ‘EV Infrastructure Survey Report’, helps to inform APSE Energy members about the scale of EV infrastructure and how it has changed within local authorities over the past two years.    

These awards celebrate the excellent work that is happening in highways, street lighting and winter maintenance.

APSE looks at the headline issues to emerge from the Autumn Statement and provides an outline analysis on the impact of the Statement on local government frontline services.

WasteHero, a leading supplier of municipal waste management software, has announced its status as an APSE Approved Partner.

These prestigious awards are for all local authorities and their public-sector partners across the United Kingdom recognising your frontline services teams as well as your special initiatives.

For the people of Liverpool putting out your rubbish once a week could be a thing of the past thanks to the super bin.

Liverpool City Council has become the first local authority in the UK to install URS as a replacement for wheeled bins.

Beginning life in 2012, PlotBox has grown from entrepreneurial Startup, to become a leader in deathcare management technologies.

We are delighted to welcome LASER Energy - a leading provider of de-carbonisation and energy services for the public sector - as APSE Energy’s new ‘Frameworks for Zero Carbon Energy Technologies Partner’.

A look at this year's winners.