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Announcing the finalists of the APSE Performance Networks Awards 2025

Announcing the finalists of the APSE Performance Networks Awards 2025

 

 

We are pleased to announce the finalists in the most improved and best performer categories for the 2025 awards. The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 4 December 2025 as part of the Performance Networks seminar at the Village Hotel, Blackpool. The prestigious performance networks awards are a high-profile occasion where both the best-performing and the most improved authorities are recognised for their achievements.

Places at the seminar are going fast! Book soon to guarantee a place at the awards dinner and ceremony.

Book your place here

 

Building Cleaning

Best performer

Caerphilly County Borough Council

East Ayrshire Council

East Renfrewshire Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Moray Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Most improved performer

Aberdeenshire Council

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Inverclyde Council

Moray Council

 

Building Maintenance

Best performer

Conwy County Borough Council

Durham County Council

Fife Council

Moray Council

North Ayrshire Council

South Ayrshire Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Most improved performer

Dundee City Council 

Fife Council

Flintshire County Council

South Ayrshire Council

West Dunbartonshire Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Catering Services

Best performer

Denbighshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Most improved performer

City of Doncaster Council

Denbighshire County Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council

East Renfrewshire Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Tayside Contracts

Cemetery and Crematorium Services

Best performer

Aberdeen City Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Flintshire County Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Herefordshire Council

Northumberland County Council

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Most improved performer

Durham County Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Nottingham City Council

South Lanarkshire Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Parks, Open Spaces and Horticultural Services

Best performer

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Chelmsford City Council

Colchester City Council

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Nottingham City Council

Stafford Borough Council

West Lothian Council

Most improved performer

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Chelmsford City Council

Kirklees Council

West Lothian Council

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Refuse Collection

Best performer

Bolsover District Council

Huntingdonshire District Council

North Ayrshire Council

North East Derbyshire District Council

North Lincolnshire Council

Telford and Wrekin Council

Most improved performer

East Ayrshire Council

Kirklees Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

North Ayrshire Council

Sevenoaks District Council

Stirling Council

 

Roads, Highways and Winter Maintenance

Best performer

East Renfrewshire Council

Falkirk Council

Milton Keynes Council

North Ayrshire Council

Scottish Borders Council

South Ayrshire Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Most improved performer

Angus Council

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Kent County Council

Scottish Borders Council

 

Sports and Leisure Facility Management

Kindly sponsored by 

Best performer

Ards and North Down Borough Council - Ards Blair Mayne Wellness and Leisure Centre

Chelmsford City Council - Riverside Leisure Centre

East Riding of Yorkshire Council - East Riding Leisure Hornsea

North East Derbyshire District Council - Dronfield Active

North Northamptonshire Council - Lodge Park Sports Centre

Uttlesford District Council - The Mountfitchet Romeera Leisure Centre

Wyre Borough Council - Poulton YMCA Leisure Centre

 

Most improved performer

East Riding of Yorkshire Council - East Riding Leisure Haltenprice 

North East Derbyshire District Council - Dronfield Active

North Lincolnshire Council - NL Active, Live Well Isle of Axholme

North Northhamptonshire Council - Lodge Park Sports Centre

Nottingham City Council - Harvey Hadden Sports Centre

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council - Hebburn Central

 

Street Cleansing

Kindly sponsored by   

Best performer

Bolsover District Council 

Huntingdonshire District Council

London Borough of Hounslow

Oxford Direct Services Ltd

Stafford Borough Council

West Lindsey District Council

West Lothian Council

Most improved performer

Blackpool Council

Falkirk Council

Kirklees Council

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

North Ayrshire Council

Oxford Direct Services Ltd

Preston City Council

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

 

Street Lighting 

Best performer

Conwy County Borough Council 

Denbighshire County Council

Newport City Council

Pembrokeshire County Council

Perth and Kinross Council

West Lothian Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Most improved performer

Denbighshire County Council 

Dundee City Council

East Ayrshire Council

Perth and Kinross Council

South Ayrshire Council

Telford and Wrekin Council

 

Streetscene

Best performer

Bolsover District Council

Cambridge City Council

Conwy County Borough Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council

Stafford Borough Council

Telford and Wrekin Council

 

Transport Operations and Vehicle Maintenance

Best performer

Mansfield District Council

Nottingham City Council

Plymouth City Council

Sheffield City Council

Shetland Islands Council

Tayside Contracts

Most improved performer

Bolsover District Council

Plymouth City Council

Sheffield City Council

Shetland Islands Council

Tayside Contracts

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

 

 

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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