2025
- Lendology CIC launches new website putting people at the heart with a streamlined customer journey
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With a growing network of local council partners and a wider variety of loan options than ever before, the new website reflects Lendology’s core belief that finance should be fair, accessible, and designed around real people.
- Boosting citizen engagement and satisfaction
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Staffordshire County Council boosts citizen engagement and satisfaction with Community Central solution from Brightly Software and Jadu
- From rooftops to residents – Hackney's 1 MW solar microgrid pilot
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Jason Powell, Head of Operations, Hackney Light and Power, outlines the UK’s first ooftop solar scheme to use microgrid technology - helping to reduce energy bills for council flat residents.
- APSE's response to the free school meals extension
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APSE welcomes the Government’s announcement on extending the eligibility for free school meals to all children in families receiving universal credit in England from September 2026.
- Working with the construction industry to deliver cleaner air
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Jason Andrews, EH Pollution Manager and Andrew Gordon, Project Manager, London Borough of Merton, detail their work to reduce air pollution caused by the construction industry through a collaborative approach.
- APSE Allergens and Allergen Management roundtable survey
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On 4 March 2025, the APSE Education Catering Network held on online roundtable discussion alongside a representative from the Food Standards Agency, discussing approaches to allergen management in school catering.
- A call for systems thinking in sustainable highways
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Dr Helen Bailey, Asphalt Programme Lead, University of Derby and Vice President of the Institute of Asphalt Technology, looks at the challenges facing highways maintenance in era of the climate emergency, and charts a progressive roadmap for sustainable, resilient highways.
- Announcing the winners of the APSE Striving for Excellence Awards 2025
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They were announced at the APSE Scotland Fleet, Waste and Grounds Seminar at Aviemore on Thursday 22 May.
- The retrofit agenda: carbon, cost or quality?
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Ed Green and Simon Lannon, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, explore how to tackle high energy bills and carbon emissions through a smarter approach to retrofit in UK homes.
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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