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The colour green
28 December, 2013
Environmental and technical performance go together in Sadolin wood protection products, says Mark Lloyd sustainability manager of manufacturer Crown Paints.

Brash gets Benchmark approval
12 December, 2013
John Brash has received Wood Protection Association (WPA) Benchmark accreditation for fire treatment.

Glulam gridshell roof nearing completion
09 December, 2013
The massive 300m-long glulam gridshell structure covering the new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf is nearing completion.

Assets can be an answer
16 November, 2013
Asset finance can provide a key solution for unlocking funding for growth and development, says John Layzell, senior client manager, Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance.

Grown in Britain buzz is building
21 September, 2013
The stunning trophies presented to the winners at last week's buoyant, buzzing TTJ Awards were sharp and modern. Appropriately so, as they showcased timber at the leading edge. They were made in a combination of ultra-durable modified Accoya and its MDF equivalent, Medite Tricoya. This, as our clearly impressed trophy sculptor Ray Winder pointed out, meant they would keep their futuristic looks even if winners left them outdoors as a garden feature.

TTF in talks to improve Red List species risk assessment
20 September, 2013
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has held initial talks with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with a view to helping update its Red List on the conservation status of tree species and to enable members to use it more effectively in environmental risk assessment.

VPA vision for legality
07 September, 2013
Implementing EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements is taking longer than hoped, but supplier countries signed up to the initiative have already made major progress on legality assurance. Mike Jeffree reports.

New coalition aims to stimulate demand
24 August, 2013
The EU Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition will launch in November. TTF sustainability manager Anand Punja explains

Fencing contractors launch certification scheme
22 August, 2013
The Fencing Contractors Association has rolled out its own certification scheme to provide specifiers and customers with a pool of industry-accredited contractors.

Firefighters save Wigan timber business
15 July, 2013
Firefighters managed to save the manufacturing side of a Wigan timber products business during a massive fire on Saturday.

Regulation issues
13 July, 2013
Certification and auditing issues affect the timber sector on a daily basis. Here BM TRADA provides guidance on some of the main developments

BM TRADA rebrands to stop name confusion
05 July, 2013
Timber certification and testing body BM TRADA Group is rebranding in a move that will see all group companies trading under the same BM TRADA name.

SCA UK builds new plant and forecasts major growth
25 June, 2013
SCA Timber Supply UK says its business is set to double in size, after announcing plans for a £5m new planing plant and, in a related development, a new supply contract with Travis Perkins.

Keeping the customer satisfied
15 June, 2013
Norbord is focusing on giving its customers what they want in terms of product development. Sally Spencer reports

Prestige choice
18 May, 2013
Accoya has become the prestige, default choice for Westgate Joinery. Stephen Powney reports.

A decade of development
18 May, 2013
Opening the call for entries, Camilla Hair of SCA Timber Supply reviews factors influencing the present and future of the TTJ Career Development Awards

Metsä Wood pre-packages for BIM
18 May, 2013
Metsä Wood has had a range of building information modelling data (BIM) created for its construction product system ‘families’ to make them easier and more attractive for architects, designers and builders to specify and use. It claims to be the first timber company to offer the service.

Constructing a comfort zone
06 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber Opinion; editorial opinion; blogs

Training tomorrow’s timber engineers
04 May, 2013
A major new initiative between the industry and Edinburgh Napier University aims to boost the UK’s timber engineering skills base. Mike Jeffree reports.

Constructing a comfort zone
04 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber