Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

Weak pound benefits British mills
14 November, 2009
British timber production is up thanks to the weakness of sterling and the decline in imports – but the market is still seen as fragile

Modification provides winning formulas
08 August, 2009
Recognition of modified timber’s tough attributes is being translated into rising sales in the UK

There's brass in briquettes
08 August, 2009
A Yorkshire businessman is capitalising on greenheart's calorific value in the burgeoning biofuels market

Kebony offers alternative
25 July, 2009

Red tape risk in new EU law
11 July, 2009
Proposed amendments to the EU’s illegal wood law have key implications for the timber trade, reports Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence

British-grown timber sector feels more positive
11 July, 2009
It may be from a very low base, but production of British timber has increased in the second quarter

Prize draw
11 July, 2009
This year’s Wood Awards shortlist reveals creative and innovative uses of timber

Fuelling growth
27 June, 2009
TRADA regulations consultant Rupert Scott reviews government policies, regulations and financial incentives for wood fuel

Support role
27 June, 2009
The Forestry Commission leads a number of UK, Scottish and Welsh Assembly government programmes supporting the wood fuel industry. Roger Coppock, head of its special advisers, explains

Furniture focus
04 April, 2009
This year’s Wood Awards will go further in recognising exceptional design in furniture

Wales sales
21 March, 2009

Omose offers products suite
21 March, 2009

Growing our own
07 February, 2009
Latest research is aimed at making more of UK-grown timber in construction. Peter Wilson, architect and director of business development at Napier University’s Centre for Timber Engineering, reports

Illegal logging progress slow
07 February, 2009
The latest Chatham House update in London heard that there are still battles to be fought against illegal logging

Preparing for the upturn
07 February, 2009

Certify to survive
17 January, 2009
Certification continues to gather pace in Malaysia where timber companies see it as a vital marketing tool as well as an environmental issue

WWF in India
17 January, 2009
The WWF Global Forest & Trade Network is now worldwide. Responsible purchasing co-ordinator, George White reports on its latest big advance