Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

At the crossroads
29 November, 2012
As Confor’s recent conference highlighted, 2012 was a landmark year for England’s forests and all eyes are on Defra as we await its response to the Independent Panel on Forestry. Sally Spencer reports

Indonesia’s legality milestone
12 November, 2012
It once topped the world league table of illegal timber suppliers, but Indonesia has taken radical steps to shed that status. Andy Roby, DFID-funded industry adviser in the country, reports on latest significant developments

Two-way trading street
27 October, 2012
The Global WoodMart in Malaysia underlined South-east Asia’s growing significance as a wood importer, as well as a supplier of timber and wood products worldwide. Mike Jeffree reports

Forwarding growth
23 July, 2012
Banks are stepping up their business finance, but companies need detailed financial records and a clear business plan to secure funding, writes Stephen Pegge, director of SME Markets at Lloyds TSB Commercial

CLT: the golden fleece for UK-grown timber
07 July, 2012
Peter Wilson, director of the Wood Studio at Edinburgh Napier University’s Forest Products Research Institute, says the prospect of commercial production of cross-laminated timber from UK-grown timber is moving closer to becoming a reality

Home-grown and growing
26 May, 2012
The British timber sector’s market share is growing but there are plenty of challenges along with the opportunities ahead. Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor, reports

English heritage
26 May, 2012
Hardwood sawmills in the UK are dwindling in number but English Woodlands Timber is still flying the flag

Joining up the R&D dots
26 May, 2012
Research at Napier University is finding new uses for the UK’s forest resource

Battle stations
28 April, 2012
Sectors of the timber industry are vehemently opposed to the government’s biomass strategy. Robin Meade reports on the conflict of interests

Seeing the wood for the trees
31 March, 2012
Treemetrics has developed forest measurement technology to bring lean manufacturing to the wood supply chain

Just more red tape?
17 March, 2012
TRADA Technology principal consultant Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact the EU Timber Regulation will have on timber specification and supply

New chair for PEFC UK
02 February, 2012