Search Results: 'FC'

Ghana wood product exports drop 16% in Q3
04 December, 2023
Ghana’s wood exports saw a 16% decrease in volumes terms in Q3, 2023, compared to the preceding quarter, according to Ghana Forestry Commission data shared by the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

Going local
26 October, 2023
Structural engineer and timber technologist Iain Thew looks at the role for UK hardwoods in construction

Essential forestry skills for the future
13 February, 2023
Louise Simpson, executive director of the Institute for Chartered Foresters (ICF), on the first ever degree level forestry apprenticeship scheme

Learning their timber craft
18 October, 2022
Students delivered stunning timber designs in the Southside Hereford University Design Challenge earlier this year. Tabitha Binding, head of education and engagement at Timber Development UK, reports

RFS and FC share ash dieback advice
15 June, 2022
As ash dieback continues to impact woodland across the country, the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) and the Forestry Commission (FC) are sharing the experiences of landowners and managers in managing the disease. A second volume of case studies published this month looks at sites across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

HomeGrownCabin takes shape
24 May, 2022
The HomeGrownCabin, the latest in the Grown in Britain research and development programme has been taking shape at the Birling Estate.

Auspicious year for trees and forestry
04 February, 2022
Delegates at the annual Forestry Conference heard how government policy and public support are aligned when it comes to planting more trees. Sally Spencer reports

Forestry Commission act on new tree disease found in Cornwall
20 October, 2021
Woodland managers, landowners, the forest industry and tree nurseries are being urged to remain vigilant after the Forestry Commission (FC) and Forest Research (FR) identified the tree pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis in a woodland in Cornwall.

EGGER and FC commit to continue historic partnership
27 September, 2021
EGGER has hosted a visit by Richard Stanford, the new chief executive of the Forestry Commission (FC) to highlight the strong and long-standing partnership between tree planting and wood processing in the north-east of England.

RFS and FC compile woodland resilience report
11 August, 2021
Climate change and how we prepare our woodlands for an uncertain future is one of the greatest challenges facing woodland owners and all who manage and care for them. Managing for Resilience is a new report developed in partnership between the Royal Forestry Society and Forestry Commission featuring 10 case studies of woodland tackling the task of building in resilience in a variety of different ways.

Covers continues football sponsorship
29 July, 2021
The Horsham branch of Covers Timber & Builders Merchants will be continuing its sponsorship of a Horsham FC youth team for the 2021/2022 season.

Forestry rises up the agenda
24 February, 2021
The annual Forestry Conference, held during Grown in Britain week and chaired by the organisation’s chief executive, Dougal Driver, heard how forestry is rising up the agenda for politicians and investors alike. Sally Spencer reports

A duo of centenarians
20 January, 2020
This year’s centenary celebrations of public forestry in Britain have been capped by the 100th birthday celebration of retired former Forestry Commissioner, George Stewart.

XL Joinery sponsors youth football
15 October, 2019
XL Joinery has shown its support for Essex-based football club, Risden Wood Youth FC, with a generous donation of £1,000.

Covers raises cash
16 July, 2019
Covers branches have been raising funds for different charities in the past few weeks.

You'll never work alone
17 June, 2019
The excitement approaching a Champions League final involving two English teams was getting to fever pitch at the time of writing this column.

You'll never work alone
17 June, 2019
The excitement approaching a Champions League final involving two English teams was getting to fever pitch at the time of writing this column.

Deal, or no deal?
21 March, 2019
TTF Brexit transition workshops provided guidance for the timber trade in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit from the EU. Sally Spencer reports on some of the points raised

SR Timber raises fun and funds for charity
26 February, 2019
A community charity event in north Nottinghamshire that was the brainchild of SR Timber has raised £1,229.88 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Covers supports youth football
01 August, 2018
Covers Timber & Builders Merchant has donated £5,000 to Portsmouth FC Academy following a charity match, which saw Covers FC take on former players from Portsmouth FC.