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Staff development key to industry’s future
17 December, 2012
Training should be part of the timber industry’s succession planning, argues David Twigg, director of Severn Valley Woodworks

Ash to ashes
17 December, 2012
Ash dieback has been a wake-up call to the government to take plant health seriously, says David Sulman, UKFPA executive director

Finding that feel-good factor
17 December, 2012
A hardwood importer recently summed up 2012 to TTJ as the year that “OK became the new norm”. Trade was better than in the darkest days of recession, but still wasn’t floating anybody’s boats.

Wood Awards reward timber industry
10 December, 2012
The Wood Awards celebrate timber’s diversity, says Michael Morrison, chairman of the Wood Awards judges

60 years and going strong
10 December, 2012
The Plywood Club of London is as relevant today as it when it was established 60 years ago, says chairman Peter Lapage

Invite to reap Awards rewards
10 December, 2012
Timber building in the UK today seems to know no boundaries - that's if the Wood Awards are anything to go by.

Biomass is a blessing
29 November, 2012
Biomass is a benefit, not a curse, for the timber industry, says forest owner and waste expert Angus MacDonald

Charity begins in the trade
29 November, 2012
The Timber Trades’ Benevolent Society is as important today as it was when it was founded in 1897, says general manager Ivan Savage

Seeing the wood from the trees
29 November, 2012
It was the government’s worst nightmare. Dealing with obstreperous opponents in the Commons and the slings and arrows of prime minister’s questions was one thing. Facing the antagonism of the mass ranks of steely-eyed middle England was something else entirely. This was opposition of a different magnitude – and it was, of course, what ministers faced over their idea to sell off the Forestry Commission’s English woodlands.

Talking up timber
12 November, 2012
When it comes to promoting timber, it’s good to talk, says Sarah Farmer of English Woodlands Timber

Diversity is best defence
12 November, 2012
Reducing forests’ diversity provides the ideal breeding ground for pathogens, says David Jenkins, director of Coed Cymru

Spreading the EUTR word
12 November, 2012
I’m afraid I used the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to unsettle a sash window repairer giving us a quote the other day. He deserved it for all the teeth sucking, and telling us that the work we needed would take longer, cause more mess and cost more than we’d anticipated.

WTA goes from strength to strength
27 October, 2012
The Western Timber Trade is developing relationships with universities. Chairman Richard Bagnall reports

Spread the word on timber’s qualities
27 October, 2012
Concerns about formaldehyde in wood-based panels are misguided, says Mike Botting, editor of TTJ sister magazine Wood Based Panels International

Cut duplication, join up thinking
27 October, 2012
It’s a refrain that has echoed down the years. The timber industry needs more joined-up thinking and collaboration, both to do battle with more cohesive rival materials sectors and defend and promote its environmental performance to counter criticism from media savvy harder line green NGOs.

Resistance to change holds timber back
13 October, 2012
Keith Fryer hails the recent Timber Industry Accord but says it’s only the starting point

Strength in numbers
13 October, 2012
The issues facing the wood panels industry will be fought more easily with a united front, says WPIF director-general Alastair Kerr

Global show for globalised trade
13 October, 2012
Globalisation of the timber industry benefits all, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

AHEC shows architects the way
29 September, 2012
The best way to influence architects is through projects and case studies, says David Venables, European director of the American Hardwood Export Council

Confor lobbies government to make change for better
29 September, 2012
Timber offers environmental and economic benefits, and the government needs to know, says Confor chief executive Stuart Goodall