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New forestry commissioner appointed
05 December, 2014
Dr Mary Barkham has been appointed as a forestry commissioner for England for a three-year term.

Grown in Britain Week grows in stature
08 November, 2014
The second annual Grown in Britain Week has been hailed a great success, with a range of “stimulating events that captured the imagination of government, industry and society”.

Grown in Britain week launches with ministerial backing
14 October, 2014
The second annual Grown in Britain week kicked off in grand style yesterday with the secretary of state for the environment visiting a major housing project using home-grown timber in the morning and two government ministers speaking at the launch event at the House of Lords in the afternoon.

Investment and Involvement
14 October, 2014
Dougal Driver, chief executive of the Grown in Britain campaign, explains the benefits of investing in British woodlands and forest businesses

Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award announced
07 October, 2014
The Scottish Forestry Trust has announced that the winner of the Scottish Woodlands Student Excellence Award for 2013/14 is Jo Clark, a former external PhD at Bangor University and forestry research manager at the Earth Trust.

Forest strategy looks to root of planting
08 September, 2014
As many as 1,000 new jobs could be created across northern England by a new initiative to expand and invest in the forestry industry.

Divide and Rule
16 July, 2014
With the referendum on Scottish independence just two months away, Sally Spencer canvassed opinion on the impact a yes vote might have on the UK timber industry.

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

Ecobuild:Grown in Britain inspires businesses and Defra
22 March, 2014
Government and blue-chip company approval for Grown in Britain was aired at an Ecobuild conference tackling the issue of nature's relationship with business.

Defra hosts EUTR/FLEGT stakeholder event
20 March, 2014
An EU Timber Regulation/Forest Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade stakeholder event will be held at Defra in London on March 27.

Equipped to enforce
08 February, 2014
Enforcement head Michael Kearney says the NMO is now primed to demonstrate the EUTR has teeth. Mike Jeffree reports.

EUTR – a work in progress
08 February, 2014
According to our vox pop of timber companies and others involved with the EU Timber Regulation, UK implementation has been effective and less arduous than anticipated. But the consensus is that more work is needed across the EU if it is to have the hoped for impact on illegal logging and trade.

NMO gets FLEGT competent authority role
25 January, 2014
The National Measurement Office (NMO), the competent authority for ensuring UK compliance with the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), is taking on the same role for the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing system.