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Great expectations
05 October, 2013
Improved construction activity has helped boost the health of the UK timber frame sector. Stephen Powney reports

BBC programme highlights alleged failings on grounded timber ship
04 September, 2013
A BBC1 television programme aired this week claims the first mate on a timber ship which ran aground on the Farne Islands may have fallen asleep on duty.

Shipping firm’s demise sparks efforts to secure deliveries
29 August, 2013
Associated British Ports and the States of Jersey have worked with the liquidators of shipping firm Huelin-Renouf to ensure delayed freight goods, including timber and other building materials, have been delivered to Jersey.

Tropical trials and tactics
24 August, 2013
The heat is on in the EU tropical timber trade.

German competent authority probes suspected EUTR breach
19 August, 2013
A shipment of wenge has been inspected by the German authorities in an investigation of suspected breaches of the EU Timber Regulation.

Right royal shot across the bows
27 July, 2013
Among the millions watching the TV coverage of the royal birth on Monday night was undoubtedly a significant number of timber traders. Some may have switched on specifically to hear about the arrival of the new third in line to the throne.

Panel sector welcomes government’s new biomass stance
27 July, 2013
The wood-based panels sector has warned the industry not to be complacent despite a welcome move by the government to scale back subsidies for power stations to generate electricity by burning wood.

Panorama programme a “vote of confidence” in UK timber trade
26 July, 2013
The absence of any evidence of illegal wood trading against UK timber traders in last night’s BBC Panorama programme is a massive vote of confidence in the UK timber trade, says the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

French company target of BBC EUTR probe
25 July, 2013
A French timber importer and its African supplier looked likely to be the principal targets of a BBC Panorama investigation into alleged weaknesses in enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) aired this week.

BBC illegal logging investigation screens tonight
22 July, 2013
A BBC Panorama programme on illegal logging will be screened tonight.

Government unveils plans to scale back large-scale biomass subsidies
18 July, 2013
Government subsidies for power stations to generate electricity by burning wood could be scaled back, under new draft regulations published yesterday.

BBC Panorama timber programme to screen soon
13 July, 2013
The UK timber trade will find out within weeks whether its open doors policy to a BBC Panorama film crew has paid off when the programme’s special focus on illegal timber and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) screens.

Keith Oates appointed forestry commissioner
16 May, 2013
Keith Oates has been appointed as a forestry commissioner for England.

Green glimmers amid the gloom
09 March, 2013
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is known for the pith and precision of its UK building market reports and for being strictly averse to any sugar-coating. As a result, in recent years they have made for some pretty grim reading. They have painted a picture of construction spiralling into depression, rather than recession, with no hints of a silver lining.

New figures lead to construction sector optimism
08 March, 2013
“Cautious optimism” is starting to creep back into the construction sector after new figures show rising construction orders and new home registrations.

Horsemeat scandal a warning for wood, says TTF CEO
22 February, 2013
Breaches of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) could cause as much reputational damage to the timber sector as the horsemeat contamination scandal has to the food industry, said Timber Trade Federation chief executive John White.