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Confor Awards celebrate leaders of the forestry and wood-using industry
14 March 2024 Confor announced the winners of the Confor Awards 2024 as part of a ceremony at Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh on March 12.

Beesley & Fildes invests in treatment plant
14 March 2024 Independent, family-owned builders merchant Beesley & Fildes has invested £300,000 in a new timber treatment plant at its Chester branch.

Paul Sales retires
13 March 2024 After 42 years of service, the team at Crendon Timber Engineering’s East Harling (EH) branch bade a fond farewell to Paul Sales who has taken early retirement.

Persimmon’s profits halve to £352m but Group remains confident in long-term prospects
12 March 2024 National housebuilder Persimmon PLC saw its pre-tax profits more than halve in 2023 to £352m (2022: £731m).

BMF expands learning and development team
12 March 2024 The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has further enhanced its training and development team with two key appointments. Jason Huddlestone has joined as training, learning and development manager and Marianna Peet is the BMF’s new apprenticeship manager.

Arauco selects Opturion for forestry supply chain optimisation
12 March 2024 Opturion, a leading supply chain optimisation company, has announced that it has been awarded a contract by global forest products company Arauco. This contract marks a significant milestone for Opturion and reinforces its commitment to working with innovative customers to increase productivity and efficiency.

James Jones & Sons launches International Women’s Day campaign
12 March 2024 James Jones & Sons has launched a series of short films in celebration of International Women’s Day. The films aim to showcase the number of careers and opportunities there are across the timber and forestry industry and to dispel the myth that the timber industry is just for men.

Travis Perkins reports challenging 2023 full year results
11 March 2024 National builders merchanting chain Travis Perkins plc has initiated further cost-saving measures in face of weak market conditions and a challenging full year 2023 performance.

ISC to be hosted in Sicily
08 March 2024 The International Softwood Conference (ISC) will this year be held in Sicily on October 17-18.

London Softwood Club goes from strength to strength
08 March 2024 The president of popular London timber trade body the London Softwood Club has told the annual AGM that the club is going “from strength to strength”.

Duties to be imposed on Russian birch plywood circumventing anti-dumping measures
08 March 2024 The European Commission is to impose duties on Russian birch plywood products entering the EU through Kazakhstan and Turkey, following a months long investigation.

Softwood imports for 2023 finished higher than 2022, TDUK data shows
08 March 2024 Timber imports rallied in 2023 to finish just 2% down on the previous 12 months, with some products even outperforming 2022 levels, according to the latest TDUK statistics.

Budget a missed opportunity to get Britain building, says BMF
07 March 2024 “The Chancellor has missed an opportunity to get Britain building again, with little of real consequence in a budget designed to buy short term electoral support rather than promote the long-term economic success of the country,” said John Newcomb, commenting on the chancellor’s spring budget.

New Uruguay sawmill opens
07 March 2024 A new €8m pine lumber sawmill has opened in Uruguay to produce a variety of products for different markets.

Production output boosted by latest line at the Timber Group
07 March 2024 A new timber production line at The Timber Group’s Herringswell site in Suffolk has enabled the company to produce a greater volume of products.

MSP for Falkirk East Visits NTG Scotland at Grangemouth
06 March 2024 Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, has visited the Grangemouth head office of National Timber Group Scotland (NTG Scotland).

Octowood champions Arxada's Tanasote
06 March 2024 Octowood, part of the Rundvirke Industrier AB Group, has invested in a new Tanasote treatment plant to offer an additional choice of long-term wood protection to its fencing and powerline customers.

Junnikkala commissions new 350,000m3 sawmill in Finland
05 March 2024 Finnish sawmiller Junnikkala has commissioned its new €80m sawmill in Oulu.

German, Austrian and Swiss sawmills blast Brussels over EU forest regulation
05 March 2024 The associations of the sawmill and wood industry in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) countries have met in Zurich to discuss the current economic and political conditions, including impact from the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Chadwicks Group joins the BMF, boosting membership in Ireland
04 March 2024 Chadwicks Group has joined the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), significantly extending the trade body’s presence in Ireland.