2023
- East Sussex automates SEN-D transport planning with QRoutes
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Results from planning one school included reducing passenger mileage to one school by 116 miles per day, saving 3.26 hours per day overall passenger travel time, cutting planning time for alternative options from hours to minutes, and estimated annual transport cost savings of £274,692.
- Announcing the winners of the APSE Service Awards 2023
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The APSE Annual Service Awards are specific to frontline services provided by UK local authorities. Agreed by a panel of expert judges, the Awards include 21 categories covering the vast majority of local services.
- Making space for nature in our burial grounds - APSE's new report
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This report contains both useful case studies on practical approaches to making space for nature in our burial grounds, but also puts the historical context of the link between cemeteries and the natural world in perspective.
- Read the latest APSE Direct! Special Annual Seminar preview...
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A fond farewell - Sally Louden, outgoing Chief Executive, COSLA, p8
The workforce crisis facing local government - Jane Mather, Commercial Services Group, p15
Inspiring women through physical activity - Naseem Akhtar, CEO of Saheli Hub, p18
Making space for nature in burial grounds - Wayne Priestley, APSE Principal Advisor, p32
- Engaging communities through leisure provision, Alliance Leisure sets course for growth
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Sarah Watts, CEO, and John Leaver, Marketing and Framework Director
- Eight Aces: Announcing the APSE Overall Council of the Year finalists 2023
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Eight outstanding UK local authorities have been shortlisted for this year's "Big One".
- Inspiring women through physical activity - Naseem Akhtar, CEO of Saheli Hub
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Naseem Akhtar, CEO of Saheli Hub, spoke to APSE Direct about breaking down barriers for women’s participation in physical activity.
- Smarter steps to a greener future - Brightly Software
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We, the Brightly Software team, are committed to helping others be more sustainability through smarter asset management.
- A fond farewell - Sally Louden, COSLA
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Having retired as Chief Executive of COSLA on 30 June, Sally Louden reflects on her seven year tenure at the top of the association.
- New report highlights that local living needs national backing
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This report builds on previous APSE-TCPA reports and continues to track the housing crisis. But it also considers the role local councils can play and are playing through their planning and housing responsibilities to support the delivery of complete, compact and connected communities.
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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