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BOSS Today #59

The last Spring Budget of
the current Parliament

will take place next month,
on 6th March. Look out for
our Budget round up on
the big day itself.

The competition will provide grant
funding towards the costs of:

n Studies - feasibility and
engineering studies to investigate
Responding to the Consultation identified energy efficiency and
Involved in Direct Mail? If you have views on any of the options decarbonisation projects prior to an
Ofcom (and BOSS/BPIF) above, you should respond to Ofcom, investment decision.
Want to Hear From You! letting them know how the proposed n Energy efficiency projects -
Ofcom, the regulator for changes will affect your business. You deployment of technologies to reduce
communications and postal services, is don’t have to respond to all of the industrial energy consumption.
seeking consumer and business views questions, just the ones that you feel are n Deep decarbonisation projects
on the frequency of post deliveries relevant to you. The consultation closes - deployment of technologies to
in the UK. Currently, Royal Mail is on 3rd April 2024. Read more about the achieve industrial emissions savings.
required to deliver letters six days a full consultation document and download
week – known as the Universal Service the response form. If you do respond, To view the applicant guidance, and
Obligation (USO) – but this is now being please copy us in to your submission, or to make an application for funding,
questioned in the light of lower post forward it to us, as we hope to submit a visit the competition page. You
volumes and the need to save money. BOSS/BPIF response, too. can also watch a playback of the
spring stakeholder event. Details for
The regulator has published a stakeholder clinics will be published in
consultation, with two basic options due course.
for the future of the Obligation:
The competition window will be open
(1) A slower service, with delivery taking until Friday 19th April 2024. For more
up to three days or longer, and a information click here.
next-day service still available for
any urgent letters. Industrial Energy Transformation
2) A reduced number of delivery days, Fund – New Competition
from six per week down to five or Window Announced
even three days. The Department for Energy Security
and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched
While bulk mail is not part of the USO the Phase 3: Spring 2024 competition
specification - it is delivered using the window of the IETF. Businesses in
USO network - Ofcom says that ‘it is England, Wales and Northern Ireland Get in touch with BOSS’s Public
important that a national network is in can now bid for a share of up to £185m Affairs Adviser, Carys Davis, at
place to convey these letters.’ million in grant funding. carys@bossfederation.co.uk

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