The Award was presented to Marc Clayton representing East Riding of Yorkshire Council by the 2019/20 ACES President, Peter Gregory, at the ACES Annual Meeting held at Glasgow City Chambers. The highly commended entry was by Eastleigh Borough Council.

Peter Gregory said:

“ACES members are doing such a lot of good work. The ACES Award for Excellence gives Members the opportunity to showcase what they are doing. This year we received a number of entries from around the country, all of which demonstrated professionalism, innovation and problem solving.

The 2019 ACES Award for Excellence was won by Marc Clayton of East Riding of Yorkshire Council for an innovative project to reverse a decline in social housing stock. The panel felt that this was a project that combined professional skills and excellent delivery with very clearly defined outcomes and social value, with effective use of external funding opportunities.

The highly commended award goes to Eastleigh Borough Council for a soundly professional approach to property investments showing a good mix of partnership working, social value and financial return.”