2025
- Announcing the finalists of the APSE Waste, Recycling, and Circular Economy Innovation Awards
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APSE is delighted to announce the finalists of the 2025 Waste Innovation Awards. These awards celebrate outstanding local councils that use innovative ideas and solutions to tackle the current challenges facing the waste and recycling sector.
- 24 Hour Party People
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Mo Baines, APSE Chief Executive, reflects back on this year's party conference season.
- Embracing diversity: Attracting and retaining talent in Neath Port Talbot Council
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Sheenagh Rees, Head of People and Organisational Development, Neath Port Talbot Council, sets out how her authority has sought to create a modern, agile, and inclusive workforce.
- Recycle Week: APSE is joining the 2025 Rescue Me! Recycle campaign
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Now in its twenty second year, Recycle Week is the nation’s biggest annual celebration of recycling.
This Recycle Week, which is running from 22 – 28 September, Recycle Now and APSE are proud to support the Rescue Me! Recycle campaign.
- Smart Asset Management: A Three-Stage Approach for Local Governments
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Managing public infrastructure assets is one of the most complex yet crucial responsibilities of local government decision-makers. Without a structured approach, governments risk inefficiencies, budget overruns and service disruptions that can negatively impact residents and businesses alike.
- Announcing the winners of the APSE Service Awards 2025
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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 17 categories covering the vast majority of local services.
- Announcing the APSE Energy Awards 2026 in partnership with DESNZ
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The BIG Energy Summit will take place on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th February 2026 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4EW.
- Delivering Under Pressure: How councils can adapt to shrinking budgets, deteriorating assets and net zero expectations - Brightly Software
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With budget cuts, rising community expectations, environmental responsibilities and evolving legislation – all on top of managing physical assets – it is clear why councils need to invest in more sophisticated asset management processes.
- Take our State of the Market Survey in Sports and Leisure
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This survey includes a range of questions that will enable a valuable snapshot to be gained of the local authority sports and leisure sector.
- Announcing the APSE Overall Council of the Year 2025 finalists
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Seven outstanding UK local authorities have been shortlisted for APSE's prestigious Overall Council of the Year award.
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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