Search Results: 'Howarth'

Obituary – Paul Parkin
31 March, 2023
Paul Parkin, formerly of John Gordon & Son and Howarth Timber, sadly passed away on Sunday March 5.

Capturing the cladding customer
16 February, 2023
Howarth sees prospects for growing cladding sales through range development and emphasising the product’s capacity to enhance a property’s aesthetics, sustainability and value. Martin Fennell, Howarth Dewsbury branch manager, reports

Arnold Laver crowned Timber Trader of the Year at 2022 TTJ Awards
03 October, 2022
Arnold Laver was named the TTJ Timber Trader of the Year at last Friday’s 2022 TTJ Awards.

A Labyrinth of Challenges
11 April, 2022
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies was the winner of the inaugural TTJ Timber Garden Product Supplier of the Year Award in 2021. Sally Spencer spoke to Gary Froggatt, timber category manager, about the merchant’s experience of the market

Arbor Forest Products posts £17.7m annual pre-tax profits
04 January, 2022
Major UK timber importer and distributor Arbor Forest Products saw its pre-tax profits almost treble to £17.7m for the year ended March 31, 2021, according to its annual full accounts posted at Companies House on December 29.

Arnold Laver crowned Timber Trader of the Year at 2021 TTJ Awards
21 September, 2021
About 250 UK timber industry representatives gathered in central London last Friday at the TTJ Awards to see Arnold Laver crowned Timber Trader of the Year.

TTJ Awards 25th Anniversary
30 April, 2021
This year’s TTJ Awards will be the 25th anniversary of the long-running event, writes Stephen Powney

The show must go on!
16 December, 2020
The TTJ Awards 2020 was a virtual event this year and also included lots of different content designed to be a gathering place for the timber trade during this time of the pandemic, writes Stephen Powney

TTBS Christmas message
15 December, 2020
On behalf of the Timber Trades Benevolent Society’s (TTBS) trustees, our national president Paul Snape, vice-president John Taylor, the TTBS board of management and our many UK beneficiaries, I would like to thank you for all the support you have given the Society throughout 2020, which has been a most difficult year for us all.

Howarth Timber Group scoops Timber Trader of the Year in TTJ Awards
28 September, 2020
Howarth Timber Group was named TTJ Timber Trader of the Year 2020 at this year’s TTJ Awards last Friday (Sept 25).

Timber Trade Corona Cut Challenge closing in on £5,000 target
08 July, 2020
National Timber Group directors Peter Howarth and Richard Jarvis have already raised more than £4,000 for charity in the Timber Trade Corona Cut Challenge.

Howarth Timber launches virtual design service
11 June, 2020
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies, has adapted the format of its personal design service to provide consultations virtually.

Timber Trade Corona Cut Challenge
29 May, 2020
National Timber Group directors, Peter Howarth and Richard Jarvis have started the Timber Trade Corona Cut Challenge.

Profits rise and turnover exceeds £225m for Howarth Timber Group
24 January, 2020
Howarth Timber Group have declared a turnover of £225m in a year of "stabilising and futureproofing" with further growth for 2020 expected following previous significant investments.

Taylor appointed BMF regional chairman
20 January, 2020
Jack Taylor, of Howarth Timber and Building Supplies, has been appointed by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) as regional chairman for the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

Together we are stronger
23 October, 2019
Getting Brexit wrong has far reaching consequences but by working together the building products sector can rise to meet the challenges, writes John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation

Together we are stronger
23 October, 2019
Getting Brexit wrong has far reaching consequences but by working together the building products sector can rise to meet the challenges, writes John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation

Howarth supports school with donation
15 October, 2019
The Derby branch of Howarth Timber & Building Supplies has supported a local school with a donation of oak sleepers to build and develop its own vegetable patch.

Howarth Timber Group wins TTJ Timber Trader of the Year
16 September, 2019
Howarth Timber Group has scooped this year’s Timber Trader of the Year at the TTJ Awards 2019.

Howarth on trek to raise funds
12 September, 2019
The Howarth Timber Group aims to raise £5,000 for its charity of the year, Cancer Research UK, from its annual fund-raising trek.