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Timbmet grows from the roots up
19 November, 2014
It’s not yet the pre-eminent timber business it wants to be, but Timbmet is on the way and determined to get there. Mike Jeffree reports.

Future growth relies on unity
18 August, 2014
Dave Hopkins, director, Wood for Good, says timber’s LCA benefits must be articulated to customers.

Future growth relies on unity
18 August, 2014
Dave Hopkins, director, Wood for Good, says timber’s LCA benefits must be articulated to customers.

A Global Resource
18 August, 2014
French oak sells worldwide, and French sawmillers aim for it to stay that way. Mike Jeffree reports.

Simpson Strong-Tie creates sales role
15 August, 2014
Simpson Strong-Tie has appointed Jon Head to the new role of sales director in the Connectors UK division of the business.

EPS invests in technology and trainees
08 July, 2014
Following major investment in relocation of its Scottish site earlier this year, sawblade manufacturing and sharpening specialist EPS has invested £100,000 in new machinery at its Wiveliscombe, Somerset base.

Södra signals terminal opening
08 July, 2014
Södra is set to open a new rail terminal capable of handling around 300,000m3 of timber a year.

Agents of change
17 May, 2014
Price & Pierce has evolved its business and is forging new markets for its supplier partners, including panel producers Unilin and CMPC Plywood. Sally Spencer reports.

Powering forward
05 May, 2014
Love the idea or hate it, burning wood for energy generation looks to be here to stay. Drax is often cited as the timber sector’s potential nemesis so Sally Spencer asked its external communications manager Matt Willey for the power generator’s side of the story.

Fortis flexes its muscles
19 April, 2014
The UK’s newest and largest buyers’ group shared its ethos with members and suppliers at its Timber & Building conference. Keren Fallwell reports

Baillie AHI acquisition creates new force in US hardwood
19 April, 2014
At a time of resurgent domestic and export demand for the US hardwood industry, Baillie Lumber’s acquisition of fellow sawmill group American Hardwood Industries (AHI) for an undisclosed figure, creates an operation of significant new scale in the sector.

BSW opens Tilbury distribution centre
18 April, 2014
BSW Timber has opened a distribution centre at the port in Tilbury, Essex, to provide next-day delivery in London and the south-east.

Life cycle assessment will help put wood first
05 April, 2014
Wood for Good says its new life cycle assessment (LCA) database, which launches this week, will deliver a major boost to its Wood First Plus campaign to make timber the first choice material for sustainable construction.

Progress made on illegal logging, says report
04 April, 2014
New studies from the Chatham House international policy institute conclude that illegal logging and illegal timber trading remain a ‘huge problem’ around the world, but there are "signs of progress".

Travis Perkins opens huge regional centre
04 April, 2014
Travis Perkins has begun operations from its new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Warrington that will ensure next day delivery in the north-west of any product not in stock at local branches.

North-west TTBS supporters tackle cycle challenge
25 March, 2014
A group of TTBS supporters in the north-west region are cycling the breadth of Britain to raise funds for the charity.

Ecobuild: Pasquill focuses on market turnaround
22 March, 2014
Engineered timber product manufacturer Pasquill highlighted the benefits of its close partnership with other parts of the Saint-Gobain Group, new moves on sustainability and its response to help customers keep pace with the market upturn.

Ecobuild:Composite decking keeps up the challenge
22 March, 2014
Wood-plastic composite decking and cladding strongly restated its challenge to traditional timber products.

BMF tops 450 members by signing up UK’s biggest buying group
08 March, 2014
Fortis, the UK’s newest and biggest building products buyers’ group, has joined the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), taking its total membership to over 450 companies.

New buying group hosts first conference
23 January, 2014
Fortis Merchants Ltd, the new UK timber and builders merchants buying group, is holding its first industry conference.