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Globalisation, branding and building the future
29 December, 2017
Hardwood trade representatives from across the globe converged on Venice for the International Hardwood Conference, reports Mike Jeffree

New year prospects
18 December, 2017
Soon, most of us will be on Christmas holidays – which often seem like a few days of calm wedged between the busyness of life.

Softwood in tune and on trend
22 November, 2017
The International Softwood Conference highlighted primarily positive trends for the softwood sector around the globe, with demand growing and new applications taking root. Mike Jeffree reports

High tech sustainability
22 November, 2017
A plentiful, sustainable supply of high grade raw material combined with an advanced sawmilling sector makes Germany a signifi cant European timber player, writes Lars Schmidt, CEO of the German Sawmill and Timber Industry Association

Putting timber on the map
19 November, 2017
On the front cover of this issue is the timber-resplendent Hastings Pier, a worthy winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize – UK architecture’s highest award. It really is a fantastic project and is great advert for the use of timber.

Putting timber on the map
18 November, 2017
On the front cover of this issue is the timber-resplendent Hastings Pier, a worthy winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize – UK architecture’s highest award. It really is a fantastic project and is great advert for the use of timber.

London furniture retailer first to be fined in UK under EUTR
01 November, 2017
Designer furniture retailer Lombok has become the first UK business to be fined for breaching regulations introduced in 2013 to prohibit the importing and sale of illegally harvested timber.

It’s not rocket science!
24 August, 2017
Wood Technology Society chairman John Park questions why so many in the timber trade cannot get a grip on the EU Construction Products Regulation

From boat yard To timber yard
24 August, 2017
Richard Bagnall didn’t set out to spend his working life in the timber trade, but a temporary stintrunning Robbins Timber in the mid-80s turned into a much-loved career. Sally Spencer reports

Flegt boosts civil society self-help
24 August, 2017
After playing a key role in implementing their country’s FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement with the EU, Indonesian civil society groups are sharing experiences with counterparts in other countries engaged in the initiative. Mike Jeffree reports

Unbowed by Brexit or log bans
23 August, 2017
The hardwood sector is facing its share of trading challenges, but generally reports business on or above budget. Mike Jeffree reports

EUTR remains important post-Brexit
23 August, 2017
The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) wasn’t universally welcomed when introduced in 2013. Some in the trade saw it as unwarranted interference, a replication of the due diligence they already undertook to keep illegal wood out of their supply chains. The only difference, they said, was that it now came wrapped in Brussels red tape.

Brexit – the need to engage
23 August, 2017
With Brexit negotiations under way it’s more important than ever that the UK timber trade is heard by decision makers and that it engages with its European counterparts, says TTF president Keith Fryer

Ahead of the curve
20 July, 2017
The WWF has always been an arch campaigner for legal and sustainable timber.

FLEGT Licensing boosts customer confidence
20 June, 2017
Three months on from the arrival of the first FLEGT-licensed timber products in the EU from Indonesia, Mike Jeffree asked three well known Indonesian suppliers and three of their EU buyers about its significance and what longer term market impacts could be

New sustainability solutions
14 June, 2017
How to stand up a sustainability claim for uncertified hardwood was the theme of a recent seminar co-hosted by James Latham, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Timber Trade Federation (TTF).