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Festival of hope
27 January, 2022
The World of Wood Festival showcased how developing timber’s market potential can contribute to forest maintenance and climate change mitigation, reports Timber Trade Federation FLEGT communications executive Lucy Bedry

TDUK kicks off new era in UK timber industry representation
26 November, 2021
A new era in UK timber industry representation dawned this week with the inaugural Timber Development UK AGM, bringing together the timber supply chain and specification community within the new body that merges the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and TRADA.

Major UK timber product industry events taking place this week
22 November, 2021
A string of major UK timber industry events are taking place this week, bringing distributors, merchants, importers and manufacturers together – some for the first time in 18 months.

New TDUK technical paper focuses on embodied carbon
12 November, 2021
As the world’s focus was brought firmly onto the carbon issue at COP26 in Glasgow, Timber Development UK (TDUK) is bringing clarity to how to account for embodied carbon in timber construction with a newly released technical paper.

View the TTJ Awards 2021 highlights on YouTube
05 October, 2021
All photos and video highlights from the 25th anniversary TTJ Awards 2021 are available on the TTJ Awards website.

Teams triumph in housing challenge
05 October, 2021
Tabitha Binding, university and regional engagement manager for TTF and TRADA explains how this year’s University Design Challenge went online for the first time

The true value of wood 2021
21 July, 2021
Higher prices means more scope for investment and innovation, says the WTS’s Andrew True

TTJ awards chooses nobu for anniversary
21 July, 2021
The annual TTJ Awards celebrates 25 years on September 17 with a new venue and guest speaker now confirmed. Stephen Powney reports

Five into one go
21 July, 2021
The UK accounts for 50% of Normandy mill group NBE’s sales and business is still growing. Mike Jeffree reports

CATT advances
21 July, 2021
Groundworks for the new Centre for Advanced Timber Technology have started, with the first student intake set for September next year. Sally Spencer reports

Timber taps into carbon agenda
21 July, 2021
Structural timber is set to benefit from the increasing focus on net zero carbon. Sally Spencer talks to STA chief executive Andrew Carpenter

The future of online events
21 July, 2021
Learn with TRADA Live will be a fixture for the foreseeable future

New Times, New Trade Body
15 June, 2021
Timber Development is the name and aim of the UK’s new trade body. Mike Jeffree interviewed chief executive David Hopkins on its launch

Pandemic Underlines Joinery Resilience
15 June, 2021
Joinery producers are seeing a particularly busy RMI market and are upbeat about the year ahead despite raw materials challenges. Mike Jeffree reports

TRADA introduces Fundamentals of timber webinar series
02 June, 2021
TRADA’s online programme Learn with TRADA Live has gone from strength to strength since its initial launch in January this year. Almost a thousand people have signed up so far, proving that the online learning space – which has been so enlivened by the recent restrictions – is here to stay, even as the world begins to open up again.

TTF signs up to Building a Safer Future Charter
21 May, 2021
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has joined major contractors, housing providers, local authorities and trade bodies in helping to change the culture around building safety.

A bold new online strategy for TRADA
30 April, 2021
Learn with TRADA Live is TRADA’s latest venture into the online learning space and explores critical industry issues as well as specialist timber topics

Learn with TRADA Live focuses on structural timber engineering
20 April, 2021
TRADA’s first online learning series focusing on critical issues within the timber industry launched to great success in January. More than 600 people have signed up so far, and TRADA is keen to keep the momentum going.

For better or for worse?
24 February, 2021
2020 was a tumultuous year, but will 2021 be better or worse? TTJ asked key players in the industry how they think the year may pan out

Fire works and water works
24 February, 2021
TRADA’s annual Better Timber Buildings conference looked at the issues of fi re and moisture content in the context of CLT mass timber buildings. Sally Spencer reports