7th Dec 2011 - 00:00
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Solutions SK, a Stockport Council company, won the Best Performer Award and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council was named Most Improved Performer in the Education Catering section of awards run by the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE).
They were among a number of local councils celebrating success as APSE announced the winners of the best and most improved performers in frontline services at a special awards event, held in Blackpool on December 1. Coronation Street actress Samia Ghadie was on hand to present the awards. Mark Bramah, APSE's assistant chief executive said: "With decreasing budgets and increasing demand on public services the winners of this years' APSE performance networks awards show that these councils are performing better each year in public service delivery." He added: "Many areas of the public sector could benefit from the work pioneered in local government in performance benchmarking and management. "These winning and finalists councils have taken performance management to the heart of frontline services . They know that they are amongst the best performers in local government on service cost and service quality. "These attributes are critical in delivering affordable but effective local public services and they should be rightly proud of their outstanding achievements." In the Education Catering category, sponsored by Premier Foods, The Best Performer finalists were: Denbighshire County Council Gwynedd Council North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council South Lanarkshire Council Solutions SK, A Stockport Council Company Sunderland City Council The Most Improved Performer finalists were: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Cardiff City Council Gwynedd Counci Inverclyde Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council APSE performance networks is the UK's largest voluntary benchmarking service for local government helping councils compare data on service quality and costs across frontline services.
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