Search Results: 'EU'

Flegt licensing a legality assurance step change
28 December, 2016
Leading independent timber and panel products distributor James Latham is preparing for its first shipment of FLEGT-licensed timber from Indonesia early in 2017. Lathams Ltd chairman and managing director Chris Sutton sees it as a major development and licensed products as a natural complement to its proactive environmental policy

New Economy, New Opportunity
21 November, 2016
The UK’s post-Brexit economic reinvention provides an opportunity for the timber sector to highlight its potential in wealth and job creation and in contributing to low carbon growth and development, writes Timber Trade Federation managing director - Dave Hopkins

Time to fall in behind FLEGT
20 September, 2016
With the first EUTR-exempt FLEGT-licensed timber now set to arrive in the EU this year, European Timber Trade Federation Secretary General André de Boer says the industry should focus on making the most of its potential

From uncertainty to a firmer future
19 August, 2016
Mark Bowers, product director at Snows Timber, says the trade’s future prospects are good if belief remains high in timber’s credentials and products

Getting a clearer picture
19 August, 2016
It is now nearly two months from the UK’s Brexit vote. While the market picture and prospects are not wholly clear, we are getting more signs of how the market is reacting. When Travis Perkins, one of the UK’s biggest sellers of wood, publishes its quarterly results, there are always some good pointers.

Ghana’s FLEGT VPA progress impresses
19 August, 2016
Ghana’s programme to start EU FLEGT legality assurance licensing has already resulted in major forest and timber sector reform and the European trade needs to know about it, says TTF Head of Sustainability Mike Worrell

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!

Speaking out with a single voice
20 July, 2016
Recent months have certainly seen major political upheaval, says Timber Trade Federation managing director David Hopkins. But, with this comes great opportunity

Unchartered political waters
21 June, 2016
In just a few days we’ll know the result of the UK’s referendum on EU membership.

Let’s kick out unaccredited plywood
21 June, 2016
The TTF’s Plywood Summit is aiming for third party accreditation for all hardwood plywood. Without it, writes president Keith Fryer, the consequences could be dire

FLEGT licensing a step nearer
20 May, 2016
It’s been a long time waiting but finally it looks like we will be shortly seeing the first FLEGT licensed timber exports coming to the UK.

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

Going above and beyond on the environment
21 March, 2016
International Timber managing director Tony Miles urges the trade to over-comply on legality obligations and set ever-higher standards of sustainability. It will be good for the environment and good for business

A forensic exercise
21 March, 2016
find myself surrounded by wood at the moment, literally, as builders start on a major project at home.

Uncertain times but some things shouldn’t change
24 February, 2016
With the UK’s vote on whether to stay in the EU looming closer, director general of the Wood Panel Industries Federation Alastair Kerr says much of Europe’s infl uence in standards and regulations could be viewed as being a good thing

CTI’s baby steps to giant strides
24 February, 2016
The support base has grown faster than anticipated, links are being forged with parliament and a strategic plan is in place for the next two years. In short the Confederation of Timber Industries is quickly building on its foundations for developing a strong single voice and clear vision for the whole supply chain, says chief executive