2024

Bradford's greenspaces partnership: Dr Saira Ali, Team Leader - Landscape Design and Conservation at Bradford Council, discusses her council’s award-winning approach to designing greenspaces.

Inclusive PPE in the public sector: Katy Robinson, Senior Project Manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, looks at inequalities in relation to personal protective equipment and how her council is working to improve safety at work for everyone.

Upcoming APSE training courses: Find out about APSE's training offering this June!

Supporting local authorities with the transition to net zero: Lorna Pimlott, Local Authority Managing Director at the UKIB, details how the Bank has evolved its support for local authorities in the face of current economic challenges, offering independent advice alongside the lowest lending rate.

Green-tech joins as APSE approved partner: Green-tech is the UK’s leading supplier of landscaping and forestry products and is a trusted provider of high-quality, sustainable solutions for the public sector, landscaping, forestry, and horticultural sectors.

Striving to Thrive: Councillors' Reflections on Local Democracy – New Report: A new report by APSE, drawing from a survey of councillors from across the UK, has presented a range of findings on the elected members of local authorities, including insights into their demographic profile, standards and behaviour, experiences of harassment and abuse, as well as their views on the effectiveness of devolution, political structures, and the future of local democracy.

JPP joins as APSE approved partner: JPP is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary construction design consultancy, offering a broad range of interlinked services enabling us to assist our clients to achieve their goals covering the residential, commercial, bereavement, leisure, retail, health, educational, and transportation sectors of the market.

Coventry's Strategic Energy Partnership: a first of its kind: Coventry City Council has joined forces with E.ON to form a pioneering 15-year strategic energy partnership to transform the city’s approach to carbon reduction whilst helping people to save money and boosting the local economy. APSE caught up with the Council to find out more.

Cornwall's Nature Recovery Strategy: Mark Holmes, Head of Environmental Partnerships and Climate Change, Cornwall Council, discusses how the Council’s nationally recognised response to biodiversity loss is leading the way for Local Nature Recovery Strategies across the UK.

Nationwide Platforms rolls out Harness ON™ at no extra cost for customers: Nationwide Platforms has announced the rollout of its game-changing safety technology, Harness ON™, which is being fitted across the company’s entire fleet of boom lifts and Vehicle Mounts.