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BOSS Today #62 LOBBYING BOSS Today #62

For far too long quality
apprenticeships have been
undervalued and not as
BOSS Lobbying comparable in esteem

to a degree.

Update

postponement. If it’s adopted, this n Paper
will mean EUDR will apply from 30 n Furniture
December 2026 (and 30 June 2027 for n Textiles
micro and small companies). Yes, the n Appliances
delay is intended to allow time to fix n ICT Hardware
the IT capacity problems, which could EPR – invoices expected this month
WELCOME TO YOUR BOSS LOBBYING BULLETIN FOR OCTOBER 2025. otherwise prove disruptive to trade. Defra have hosted a number of webinars This month will see obligated producers
HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RECENT POLICY For more information click here: and sought feedback through a survey receive their first invoices for the
assessment year from 1 April 2025 to
which closed on the 6th of October, thank
DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR INDUSTRY. you to those members who responded to 31 March 2026. PackFed, the scheme’s
administrator, has published guidance
this. The survey asked:
which includes a preparation checklist to
n whether the standards should be help you get ready. It’s also worth noting
updated to make use of widely the contact details of the EPR Helpdesk.
Late payment and long payment accepted external assurance By phone, it’s 0300 060 0002 (Monday to
“For far too long quality apprenticeships terms – we need to hear about it! schemes and ecolabels. Friday, 8am to 4.30pm) or you can email
have been undervalued and not as We still want to hear about your EPRCustomerService@defra.gov.uk
comparable in esteem to a degree. experiences of late payment and long n whether some standards should
Industry will give a strong welcome to payment terms. It’s for a government include ‘second life targets’ that
the Prime Minister’s emphasis on their consultation which closes on require a proportion of products
Political update Apprenticeships importance, the advanced skill levels 23 October, so please send us your provided by suppliers to be sourced
Parliament’s still in recess while the At the Conference, the Prime Minister they involve and the fact we now have a views by 10 October to through reuse, refurbishment,
party conferences play on. Labour has announced a shift in thinking on young target of equal value to university that carys@bossfederation.co.uk remanufacture or repair.
returned from Liverpool, following people and social mobility. The existing we have long advocated for.”
plenty of attacks on poll-leaders Reform target of getting 50% of England’s young n any other topics it is most important Contact BOSS’s Public Affairs Adviser,
and very little attention paid to their people into university has been reviewed, for the standards to address Carys Davis, directly on
more traditional opponents. Speaking having been set by the Blair Government considering the full lifecycle of carys@bossfederation.co.uk
of whom, the Conservative Party met in more than 20 years ago. Starmer’s products and services.
Manchester this weekend – on Sunday replaced it with a target of two thirds THE GOVERNMENT BUYING
Kemi Badenoch gave a speech on leaving of young people going to university or STANDARDS (GBS) REVIEW Defra expect to finalise the final draft of
the European Convention on Human ‘gold standard apprenticeships’. He also Stop press! – further The GBS set mandatory minimum and the updated buying standards at the end
Rights and the usual leader’s speech is announced 14 new technical excellence delay to EUDR likely best practice standards for central of October/beginning of November.
expected on Wednesday. colleges, focused on the high-growth An update released last week confirmed government departments and the
sectors of the Industrial Strategy. expectations that EUDR will be wider public sector to use in tender
delayed again. EU Commissioner requirements and contract terms.There
Make UK CEO Stephen Phipson for Environment, Jessika Roswall, are eleven categories of products that
responded to the announcement, announced that the Commission Defra are currently reviewing, including
saying: are proposing a further one-year some key office supplies, such as:

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