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Fire alert sounded
28 December, 2013
Latest research underlines the need for specifiers to scrutinise fire retardant coating performance claims carefully, says Wood Protection Association director Steve Young.

New Year must bring new resolve
28 December, 2013
We must shake off our complacency and overcome obstacles to put global forests on a different, sustainable trajectory, says Julia Young, WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager

Good, but can still do better
28 December, 2013
Our guest column this week from Julia Young of the WWF Global Forest Trade Network reminded me of an old school report, albeit less abrupt and minus the cruel but fair comment that my total lack of ball skills and co-ordination meant I was being dropped from cricket and football to focus on rugby (England cricket selectors perhaps take note).

Stronger building market gives ply sector hope
28 December, 2013
UK demand for plywood is improving, buoyed by increasing construction activity. Ian Martin reports

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
This increasing positivity has been apparent in the timber sector for a while and, although people remain wary of talking about green shoots, for fear the mere mention will make them shrivel, even these have recently begun to sprout in the occasional conversation.

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
Economic upturns start with a feeling. It's a slow and initially barely discernible mood swing, but gradually you start to notice that not every business discussion is a gloom contest, as it seems to have been through the slump, where everyone tries to outdo each other with tales of corporate woe.

New due diligence tool available from TTF
06 December, 2013
A new due diligence checklist has been made available by the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) after shortcomings were found in the toolbox of its Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP).

Joinery and builder sectors look for VAT cut from chancellor
04 December, 2013
The joinery and building sectors have again urged the government to reduce VAT on domestic building works to 5%.

KVH hopes rise
02 December, 2013
German builders have long appreciated the advantages of using KVH timber and now German sawmillers’ hopes are rising that they can crack the UK market. Stephen Powney reports

Anglo-German trade ties strengthen
02 December, 2013
A shift in the market has made the UK a more attractive destination for German softwood products. Stephen Powney reports

German operator set to lose thousands in EUTR case
30 November, 2013
A German timber importer currently the subject of an EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) investigation could lose timber worth a six-figure euro sum, according to the country’s industry publication Euwid.

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
28 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

TTF chief elected to CEI Bois board
27 November, 2013
Timber Trade Federation chief executive John White has been elected to the board of CEI Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries, the EU’s leading timber sector lobbying organisation.

Finnish industry hampered by cost burdens
23 November, 2013
Finnish wood products output rose by 4% and exports were up 10% in the nine months to September, according to the latest bulletin from the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF).

Big challenges, bold steps
16 November, 2013
The AHEC European Convention highlighted the range of initiatives under way to make maximum use of the abundant US hardwood resource. Mike Jeffree reports

Canadian timber stymied by European regulations and 'operators'
16 November, 2013
The EUTR's requirement for due diligence is misunderstood by some operators, says John Park, manager of Canada Wood UK

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
16 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

NMO praises timber industry on EUTR implementation
12 November, 2013
Timber traders are on the whole taking the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) seriously eight months since the law came into force, according to the head of the UK enforcement team charged with policing the regulation.