Direct news
Direct News is APSE’s own publication bringing you articles from Government Ministers, high profile local government lawyers and examples of best practice from across local government services.
April/May 2013 Edition
Features include:
- Gisa Job - Paul O’Brien
- Creating conditions for growth - Cllr Kuldip Sahota
- Managing demand - Robin Tuddenham
- Fairer for all - Cllr Simon Blackburn
- The municipalisation of energy - Cllr Richard Williams
- Reactec advertisement feature
- Perspectives on reorganisation - Cllr Angus Carson and Cllr Gareth Sharvin
- A forward focus on APSE Scotlands fleet,
waste and grounds services seminar 2013 - MAPSE Scotland - Spedian advertisement feature - Walker Morris Solicitors
- Partnering with neighbouring authorities for the procurement
of highway lighting equipment - Andy Clark - Building an Inhouse improvement system - Cllr Phillip O’Dell
- Busting the myths of ‘elf and safety - Mo Baines
- Report back - A round up of APSE new from March/April
- Events diary
February/March 2013 Edition
Features include:
- Being resourceful pays community dividends - APSE
- You’re hired! - Keith Wakefield
- Elvis has left the depot - Jamie Robbins
- Preparing for snow - Mark King
- Supporting Scotland’s move towards zero waste - Zero Waste Scotland
- In demand - Andy Mudd, APSE
- Excellence in customer services - Derek Trawber
- Horse trading in blame - Mo Baines, APSE
- In brief - Walker Morris Solicitors
December 2012/January 2013 Edition
Features include:
- High time we reimagined the high street - Alice Darley
- An inspector calls - Janet Viney
- All change in waste - Ben Sheppard & Alison Ogley
- Data, data everywhere - APSE
- Performance Network awards 2012
- The role of local government in green deal - Stephen Cirell
- Fair Game - APSE
- Report back… - APSE
- A focus on Parkinson’s disease - Steve Ford
September/October 2012 Edition
Features include:
- ‘Small State’ City Government, Dr Madeleine Pill
- Nottingham City Council: Overall Council of the year - Carole Mills-Evans
- A message from APSE’s new National Chair - Cllr John Kerr Brown
- Service Awards 2012 - Award winners and finalists
- Pitfalls of ignoring safety issues for public sector - Reactec advertorial feature
- Measuring up to highways success - Nottinghamshire City Council
- Municipal entreprenuers leading the way - APSE
- Enviro dectectives - Charnwood Borough Council
July/August 2012 Edition
Features include:
- An ensuring presence - Paul O’Brien, Chief Executive , APSE
- Passporting shared savings to the frontline - Christine Reed, LGSS Director of HR and OD
- Soaking up the challenges of underage drinking - Derry City Council
- Blue sky thinking for a green city - John Harrison, Executive Director of Strategic Resources, Peterborough Council
- Cracking down on waste - Craig Heppinstall, Wakefield Council
May/June 2012 Edition
Features include:
- An international perspective - Speakers from Spain, The Netherlands and the USA
- Service delivery - Models in frontline services
- Performance Networks - Benchmarking and service improvement
- Green thinking - The transition to the green economy
March/April 2012 Edition
Features include:
- Housing voice - Lord Whitty
- Powerful impacts - Paul O’Brien
- Construction investment - Ian Douglas, South Lanarkshire Council
- Wigan to Africa -
Debbie Clarke,Wigan Council
January/February 2012 Edition
Features include:
- Beyond the Fragments - Cllr Doug Taylor, Leader, Enfield Council
- No more heroes - Roskilde University, Denmark
- Lessons in insourcing - Bradford Council
- Performance Networks - Awards special feature
November/December 2011 Edition
Features include:
- Public services in Wales - Carl Sargeant, Assembly Member, Minister for local government and communities
- Coming up top down under - Prof John Howard, Canberra University
- Highways and winter maintenance special feature
- Teenage kicks - Helen Beaman, Hartlepool Council
September/October 2011 Edition
Features include:
- Take your partners - Graham Burgess, Chief Executive of Blackburn with Darwen Council and NHS Blackburn with Darwen
- Southern Cross - Andrew Johnson, Walker Morris
- Annual seminar report
- Awards special feature
August/September 2011 Edition
Features include:
- Open public services white paper - Judith Barnes, Eversheds
- Trading Places - Kevin McKay, Nottinghamshire County Council
- Fairness starts here - Cllr Hull, Islington Fairness Commission
- Co-ops and mutuals - Mark Bramah, APSE
May/June 2011 Edition
Features include:
- The virtuous green circle - Steve Cirell, APSE consultant
- Fuel efficiency - Pete Johnson, Services Manager for Transport Services at City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
- Entrenpreneurial council - Manjeet Gill, Chief Executive of West Lindsey District Council
- The Renewable Heat Incentive - Adam Davidson and Claire McFadden, Walker Morris solicitors
March/April 2011 Edition
Features include:
- The sun is shining on Swindon Commercial Services - Neil Saunders, Renewable Energy Projects Manager
- Clean and green in Nottingham - Andy Vaughan, Director for Neighbourhood Services
- Delivering social care the Essex Way - Mark Lloyd, Managing Director of Essex Cares Ltd
- The Localism Bill Special Feature - Caroline Finnet and Richard Auton, Walker Morris
December 2010/January 2011 Edition
Features include:
- Performance networks awards 2010 - winners and finalists of best and most improved performers
- Creating a revolving fund for solar PV - Stephen Cirell, APSE associate
- Gateshead’s gateway to success -
- South Gloucestershire reaps income rewards whilst supporting the local economy - Victoria Beattie, Head of construction services at Gateshead Council
August/September 2010 Edition
Features include:
- Responding to financial austerity - Lucy Makinson, Department for Communities and Local Governement
- Brain power to local government - Judith Barnes, Eversheds LLP
- Stockton’s winning formula - Neil Schnieder, Stockton on Tees Borough Council
- APSE Service awards 2010 - Award winners and finalists
May/June 2010 Edition
Features include:
- Zero waste for Wales - Jane Davidson, WLGA Minister
- Systems thinking in Llandrindod Wells - Andrew Harris, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
- Lean, mean and frontline - APSE Analysis
- Partnership approach to rubbish! - John Robinson, Gateshead Council
March/April 2010 Edition
Features include:
- Big state, small state: Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, shares his views on service transformation
- Waste not, want not: John Coates describes how North Lincolnshire Council is developing waste management solutions that respond to residents’ views
- More bang for the public buck: APSE’s latest research on realising community benefits from public procurement
- Tweeting residents with respect: Donna Hall, Chief Executive of Chorley Borough Council who shows us ‘how to tweet’