Search Results: 'British Woodworking Federation'

Are we at a tipping point for fire door safety?
18 October, 2022
The recent passing of the Building Safety Act 2022, along with the Fire Safety Act 2021, marks a critical point in the way building safety risks will be considered. To ensure compliance with the new regime, greater understanding and awareness of the benefits that third-party fire door certification provides is crucial, writes Helen Hewitt, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF)

You'll never work alone
17 June, 2019
The excitement approaching a Champions League final involving two English teams was getting to fever pitch at the time of writing this column.

Milan and Nantes shows punch weight
26 July, 2018
Nantes and Milan are key places in the European timber industry calendar this year.

Tightening of fire regulations loom
20 June, 2018
There has been a lot of talk in the timber industry about the potential knock-on effects of the Hackitt Review into the Grenfell fire.

Timber trades count down to the GDPR
18 April, 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation has major implications for business, says Matthew Mahony, British Woodworking Federation policy and communications executive

Brexit – the need to engage
23 August, 2017
With Brexit negotiations under way it’s more important than ever that the UK timber trade is heard by decision makers and that it engages with its European counterparts, says TTF president Keith Fryer

Celebrating opportunity
20 July, 2017
The Grown in Britain campaign is celebrating its fourth anniversary and has made progress on its mission to promote British timber, says its CEO Dougal Driver

Ahead of the curve
20 July, 2017
The WWF has always been an arch campaigner for legal and sustainable timber.

Environmental impact assessment made easier
21 April, 2017
Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations are becoming increasingly important in building materials specification, but there are increasingly user-friendly tools to generate them, writes Dr Shamir Ghumra, director at the BRE Centre for Sustainable Products

Consolidation to increase in timber sector
20 February, 2017
I was sat in the Mayfair offices of new Timbmet owner The Hadleigh Timber Group recently asking its chairman Martyn Meade how he saw the future of the UK timber products industry.

Speaking with one voice
28 December, 2016
The timber industry has been talking for years about coming together on the big issues that matter to the trade and speaking with a single powerful voice. It has always been a difficult proposition compared to some competitor material sectors because of the diversity and breadth of the timber supply chain and the sheer number of its representational bodies.

On The Brink of Skills Disaster
24 October, 2016
The education, training and skills arena never sits still, but latest policy changes are aserious worry. In fact British Woodworking Federation head of membership and trainingDave Campbell says the timber industry sits on the precipice of skills disaster

That’s democracy!
20 July, 2016
Well it happened. Whatever way you voted in the EU referendum we now face undeniably one of the biggest periods of change ever in the UK. That’s democracy!

Driving positive change
20 July, 2016
British Woodworking Federation (BWF) chief executive Iain McIlwee says the BWF has joined the Confederation of Timber Industries at a time of great opportunity to drive positive change

Brace yourself for a bumpy ride
21 March, 2016
British Woodworking Federation chief executive Iain McIlwee says 2016 looks set to be challenging for the joinery sector. The key is for businesses, with support from the BWF, to identify and manage the risks ahead

Big investments
24 February, 2016
Investments don't get a lot bigger in the timber trade than the £95m Norbord has just committed to with its Inverness plant.

A pause for thought
21 December, 2015
As I write this comment at the start of December, Christmas is literally just around the corner.

Integration breeds content?
20 July, 2015
To achieve the integration needed to drive construction and associated supply chains forward demands a significant uplift in recruitment, and, says Snows Timber managing director Jim Peryer, that demands greater sharing of knowledge.

A new beginning
20 June, 2015
So, the moment has finally come. The Confederation of Timber Industries is off the ground and what’s more it’s also got its new chief executive.

Investment continues
20 February, 2015
Travelling around Scotland with colleague Thomas Jay (TTJ group sales manager) recently gave ample evidence of the business confidence being felt by companies in the timber industry.