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Advisory group presentations

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National advisory groups    
Building cleaning
Catering
Citizen engagement
Community safety and security
Efficiencies, procurement and service transformation
Grounds maintenance
Housing, construction and building maintenance
  Leisure management and community venues
Local authority, police and fire and rescue partnerships group
Refuse, street cleansing and waste management
Roads and highways maintenance
Social care
Transport and vehicle maintenance
Workforce strategy and employee relations
     
Scottish advisory groups    
Building and housing services
Environment thematic forum
Healthy communities thematic forum
Parks grounds and street services
Roads and lighting services
  Sports, leisure and cultural services
Transport and mechanical services
Waste and recycling services
Soft FM services
     
Southern and South Western    
Building services
Environmental services
  Leisure services
   
Welsh advisory groups  
Environmental services group Healthy living   Housing and building services

Building cleaning
20.03.07 Building cleaning best performer 20.03.07 Women into management
26.07.07 Preventing dermatitis in cleaners 26.07.07 Height aware in cleaning (1.22 MB)
26.07.07 Musculoskeletol disorders and contract cleaners 26.07.07 Slips and trips (1.5MB)

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Catering
31.8.06 Hungry for success: a revolution in school food. 31.8.06 Café Direct, bringing quality to life
31.8.06 When fine art meets fine food 03.10.08 Social issues in catering procurement: Where are the boundaries?
03.10.08 School Food Trust update 03.10.08 State of the market survey

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Citizen engagement

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Community safety and security
15.06.06 Community safety services in the borough of Bury 15.06.06 Citizen Involvement in Community Safety
15.06.06 Respect action plan 15.06.06 Future deployment of street Wardens – a case study review
15.06.06 Corporate manslaughter and corporate Homicide 15.06.06 The changing role of the rangers and neighbourhood coordinators
15.06.06 Delivering safer, cleaner and stronger communities in Sandwell –town and neighbourhood tasking! 14.11.06 Designing out crime and vandalism
23.04.07 Respect area status 23.04.07 Home Office - DCRP reform
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Efficiencies, procurement and service transformation

07.02.07 The loop 17.02.07 The White Paper
07.02.07 Corporate assessments: past and future 28.03.07 The future of procurement
28.03.07 Retaining four stars

03.07.07 HAMP

03.07.07 Stockton Mobile ICT and enforcement 03.07.07 Innovation Leeds (4.1 MB)
03.07.07 Quality systems 16.10.07 Halton city council
16.10.07 One Manchester digital city 16.10.07 LAAs forward look
05.03.08 Comprehensive area assessment 05.03.08 Sustainable procurement
05.03.08 4 star performance team 16.06.08 The benefits of an award winning website - strategic/customer service perspective, CMS and Better Connected
16.06.08 Measuring the value of good procurement practice 16.06.08 Driving out cost and efficiency savings with Government Procurement Card
16.06.08 Key messages from the National Procurement Strategy for Local Government – final report 16.06.08 Transforming customer services - the Kettering approach
16.06.08 Developing services in Derbyshire through partnership 03.02.10 Building an Effective Customer Contact Centre Resource
03.02.10 Service Transformation: Maximising Resources to Service Delivery Need 03.02.10 The Ensuring Council: Is neighbourhood working a panacea?
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Grounds maintenance
09.01.07 DEFRA Pesticide Registration and Enforcement 09.01.07 Green Flags and Bury
09.01.07 Issues from the Local Government White Paper 17.04.07 Bradford City Council - Lister Park
17.04.07 Local Government Bill and Climate Change 17.04.07 Leitch Report - A New Outlook for Skills
26.06.07 The future of urban trees 26.06.07 LANTRA
26.06.07 Notts County Council landscape services  

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Housing, construction and building maintenance
07.02.07 Gas presentation 07.02.07 White Paper issues

07.02.07 Zero carbon homes

27.06.07 Reducing turnaround time in empty housing

27.06.07 Optitime presentation 27.06.07 CDM regulation software
27.06.07 Working across Local Authority boundaries 26.09.07 Improving gas service procedures
26.09.07 Dealing with dangerous buildings 26.09.07 Women into construction
26.09.07 Avoiding and reporting accidents 23.11.07 Alternative energy sources
23.11.07 Cartels in construction 06.03.08 Improving maintenance organisations
06.03.8 Implementing a health and safety training plan 06.03.08 Workforce development strategy
16.05.08 Chesterfield asbestos management 16.05.08 Jewson stores facility partnership
16.05.08 Developments in OFT collusion in construction firms investigation 16.05.08 Worcester Bosch - future developments in heating
30.09.08 Energy performance certificates – what are your responsibilities? 30.09.08 Clackmannanshire Council - gas servicing
30.09.08 Using innovation within an excellent organisation 13.01.09 Improving operations at New Prospect
17.03.09 Involving tenants in service provision and the role of the customer inspector – Jill Tuke, Bolton at Home 17.03.09 Impact of short notice inspections – Phil Brennan, APSE
17.03.09 Fire and CO – local authority responsibilities and product developments 18.06.09 Energy Efficiency Fund – criteria and bidding
18.06.09 New council house building and access to Government resources 18.06.09 Gas Safe Register - the new register for gas engineers in Great Britain and Isle of Man
30.09.09 The journey to mobile working – Darlington Borough Council 30.09.09 Providing user control over heating systems – Switch2
30.09.09 Case study from first Choice Homes Oldham  

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Leisure management and community venues
13.02.07 Partnership working with health 13.02.07 Culture and sport for hard to reach groups
12.03.07 Developing a local framework for delivery and working with APSE 12.03.07 Healthy living including physical activity
12.03.07 Swimfit partnership 13.07.07 Artifax software
13.03.07 Coffee Innovators 14.05.07 Customer consultation
14.05.07 Vetting and barring scheme 14.05.07 Better Burnley (4mb)

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Local authority, police and fire and rescue partnerships group
27.02.09 Recovered materials markets 27.02.09 Recycling in an economic downturn
27.02.09 Acquisitive crime 09.12.09 Wigan Council: ASB contact card
09.12.09 Strathclyde Fire and Rescue: Junior Fire Reach - Saturday Club  
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Refuse and street cleansing
24.01.07 Most improved performer award 2006 24.01.07 Shared services
24.01.07 Waste and recycling audit 24.01.07 Local Government White Paper
24.01.07 Zero waste UK 20.03.07 Rapid service improvement
25.04.07 Local Government Bill: Update 25.04.07 Direct and variable charging
25.04.07 Reversing safely 25.04.07 Eqip management systems
25.04.07 DEFRA consultation on street litter control notices 20.06.07 Alternate weekly collections
20.06.07 Smoking related litter 20.06.07 Waste strategy 2007

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Roads and highways maintenance
29.09.06 Management and monitoring of emergency patching operations 10.11.06 Asset management
10.11.06 Prudential borrowing 10.11.06 Efficiency in local highway services
02.02.07 Review of local Authority transport asset management 02.02.07 Records you can use
02.02.07 Safety of Lone Workers 27.04.07 Rocksure
27.04.07 ALARM 01.10.09 Theft of metal drain covers - Durham County Council’s experience
01.10.09 The challenges facing highways maintenance contracts 01.10.09 Neighbouring authorities
14.11.08 CRM – The Sheffield Experience 14.11.08 Initiatives at Stockport & Trafford Contractors Partnership
16.01.09 Specialist apprenticeships and other training developments – Alan Wemyss, ConstructionSkills 16.01.09 New technology to forecast for winter maintenance - Mike Wall, Vaisala
05.06.09 Traffic Management Act – Milton Keynes 05.06.09 Construction Line
05.06.09 Asset Management for Highways - Sheffield 29.09.09 Improving performance at Mansfield
29.09.09 Partnering and collaboration with neighbouring authorities – Denbighshire County Council 29.09.09 Night Time working – Denbighshire County Council
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Social care
11.02.09 Mobile Working in Adult Social Care 11.02.09 Streamling commissioning
11.02.09 Delivering a cost effective in-house home care service  
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Transport and vehicle maintenance
10.01.07 Vehicle tracking to aid winter gritting 10.01.07 Lancashire County Council presentation
10.01.07 APSE White Paper issues 18.04.07 Irtec licensing of technicians
18.04.07 Industry apprentice proposal 18.04.07 Draft climate change bill
27.06.07 Efficient and environmentally conscious fuel management 27.06.07 The English smoking ban
27.06.07 Testing competitiveness 11.02.09 Maintenance supplier assessment
11.02.09 VOSA's future 11.02.09 Transport good practice guidelines

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Workforce strategy and employee relations
24.04.07 APSE Public involvement in Health Bill update 24.04.07 Smoking in the workplace
24.04.07 Projecting older people: Population information 24.04.07 World class skills
24.04.07 The English smoking ban 02.03.10 Service transformation: What are lawful changes to working practices? - Richard Sneldon Eversheds LLP  
02.03.10 Dealing  with random drug and alcohol testing? - Matt Taylor Screen Safe UK   02.03.10 Dealing with severe weather: Employment issues - Mo Baines APSE Dealing with  severe weather

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Scottish building and housing services
30.03.07 Transforming building services 30.03.07 APSE update
30.03.07 CDM regulations 2007 24.08.07 Salaries for craft employees
24.08.07 Mark Bramah presentation 24.08.07 APSE update
24.08.07 Benchmarking exercise 12.12.07 Email query update
12.12.07 APSE update 28.08.08 APSE update
28.08.08 Scotland Excel 28.11.08 APSE update
12.03.09 Safer Homes 12.03.09 Hand-arm vibration and recent developments
23.04.09 APSE update 23.04.09 Scottish Housing Regulator’s Inspection Report –Moray Council

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Scottish healthy communities thematic forum

24.05.06 Falkirk Council leading by example

24.05.06 East Ayrshire Council - CHIP

24.05.06 APSE health and physical activity 01.06.07 Dance for health
01.06.07 Local Authority role in improving health 01.06.07 Get cooking programme

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Scottish environment thematic forum
24.11.06 The New adventures of Britain 24.11.06 HotRot composting

24.11.06 Restoration of 25 year old Black Devon landfill

24.11.06 A sustainable approach to school meals
23.11.06 Kerbside recycling 23.11.06 Waste recycling technology centre

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Scottish parks grounds and street services
07.02.07 Greenspace Scotland 07.02.07 North Lanarkshire council, cleansing services (2MB)
07.02.07 Edinburgh public parks strategy 07.02.07 APSE update
28.09.07 APSE update 28.09.07 Concept Knowsley
18.01.08 Asset management planning and future investment strategy 18.01.08 Glasgow City Council land and environmental services
18.01.08 APSE update 14.05.08 Falkirk's litter strategy
14.05.08 Fife Council parks and countryside 14.05.08 APSE update
11.12.08 Green Flag Quality Assessments 2008 11.12.08 APSE update
21.01.09 Sector skills council for Environmental and Land-based Sector 21.01.09 SVQ
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Scottish roads and lighting services
19.01.07 West Lothian Council - closing the loop 19.01.07 Apse update
19.01.07 Safety and risk management training 08.06.07 CDM regulations 2007
08.06.07 APSE update 07.09.07 Performance networks
07.09.07 Sustainable road maintenance 05.02.08 APSE update
05.02.08 CDM regulations 2008 05.02.08 Customer satisfaction surveys
05.02.08 Sailcoats flood prevention scheme 16.01.09 APSE update
16.01.09 Minutes 21.05.09 Sustainable Maintenance
21.05.09 APSE update  
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Scottish sports, leisure and cultural services
15.08.07 Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre 15.08.07 APSE update
23.01.08 APSE update 23.01.08 Avenance Elior
23.01.08 Sighthill Library Youth Project 14.05.08 APSE Update
14.05.08 Angus Council and KPIs 14.05.08 The Shand Centre Dufftown
29.08.08 APSE update 29.08.08 South Lanarkshire Lifestyle - Fairhill
29.08.08 Maximising the use of capital within sports pitches and facilities 29.08.08 No Messin
28.01.09 An insight into Phase IV 28.01.09 APSE Update
28.01.09 Healthy living award: the sign of healthier food 27.05.09 APSE Update

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Scottish transport and mechanical services

17.01.07 APSE update

17.01.07 The other side of compliance
17.01.07 Edinburgh's green fleet 17.01.07 Eminox
16.03.07 APSE update 16.03.07 Euro 4 and 5 Solutions
28.08.07 Efficient and environmentally responsible fuel management 28.08.07 APSE update
28.08.07 Performance Networks 22.01.08 The winning team
22.01.08 DRT and self directed payments 22.01.08 APSE update
16.10.08 Driver CPC 09.01.09 APSE update
09.01.09 How to halve your risk of prohibition 09.01.09 Minutes
31.03.09 APSE update 31.03.09 CPC driver training

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Scottish waste and recycling services
24.01.07 APSE update 24.01.07 Perth and Kinross - waste awareness business
24.01.07 SEPA - Burning our waste

23.03.07 National fly-tipping issues

23.03.07 Fly-tipping 23.03.07 APSE update
30.08.07 Recycling from flatted/tenemental properties 30.08.07 APSE update
10.01.08 APSE update 10.01.08 Email query update
10.01.08 Residual waste processing - Alternatives to landfill 14.05.08 APSE update
14.05.08 Optimising energy from waste 15.01.09 Perth recycling market update
15.01.09 APSE update 15.01.09 Health and safety management systems benefiting local authorities
15.01.09 Minutes 17.04.09 APSE update
17.04.09 Meeting Scottish government targets - an East Renfrewshire perspective  

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Scottish Soft FM services /hungry for success reference group
06.09.07 Envirowise 06.09.07 APSE update
06.09.07 Marketing for school meals 17.01.08 Quest quality system
17.01.08 Guidance - Nutritional analysis 17.01.08 APSE update
27.03.08 APSE update 27.03.08 Building cleaning
27.03.08 Café DG Training 27.03.08 Company Training Solutions
27.03.08 Improving the Dining Room Experience 25.09.08 Work connect - connecting skills with opportunity
25.09.08 Scotland Excel 25.09.08 APSE update
14.01.09 The impact of inflation on today’s grocery shopper 14.01.09 APSE update
14.01.09 Minutes 24.04.09 APSE update
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Southern and south western building services

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Southern and south western environmental services
19.03.09 The use of IT in the provision of waste management services 19.03.09 APSE environment group
19.03.09 Commissioning, competitiveness and value for money 25.06.09 Waste improvement network
25.06.09 Command and control vs systems thinking 25.06.09 Most improved performer for street cleansing
24.09.09 Merton - Developments in route mapping; colour coded zones 24.09.09 Using Work Study to maximise efficiency
24.09.09 Food waste and street cleansing  

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Southern and south western leisure advisory group
26.03.09 The developing role of leisure facilities as part of wider strategies to tackle health and other social issues 26.03.09 Developments in Case Law
26.03.09 Leisure Trusts: the development of a good idea 26.03.09 The Redbridge experience
22.07.09 Accessing external funding - especially from nhs 22.07.09 Funding the leisure offer: Sport Reading Partnership
22.07.09 Sport England’s Facilities Improvement Service  
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Welsh environmental services
11.01.07 MAS enterprise Wales: evolution in the making 11.01.07 Sustainable road maintenance
11.01.07 Paying for parks - CABE space report 07.05.09 Food waste recycling case study
07.05.09 CSS 07.05.09 Tidy towns

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Welsh healthy living
06.06.06 Powys 06.06.06 Scotland healthy living

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Welsh housing and building services group
12.01.07 Case study of housing appointments 12.01.07 Consilium technologies
12.01.07 Sustainable constructions 06.05.09 Taking action on construction waste
06.05.09 A Welsh public sector procurement strategy for construction 06.05.09 Beyond bricks and mortar

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