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Green expansion for James Jones pallets and packaging arm
22 November, 2021
James Jones & Sons, one of the UK’s largest pallet manufacturing businesses, is expanding facilities at its Hetton site following planning permission approval for a 55,000ft2 site redevelopment. The business will expand and redevelop its premises into a green facility that will include the installation of a biomass boiler.

Teams triumph in housing challenge
05 October, 2021
Tabitha Binding, university and regional engagement manager for TTF and TRADA explains how this year’s University Design Challenge went online for the first time

Demanding times
01 October, 2021
British-grown timber is in great demand and sawmills are rising to the challenge. Sally Spencer reports

Twenty years of partnership
21 July, 2021
James Latham Group now has around 70 Combilift trucks operating through various locations

Flagship site showcases timber
21 July, 2021
James Jones & Sons recently completed a new visitor building at its flagship Lockerbie site

James Jones’s visitor building scoops two Scottish Design Awards
19 July, 2021
James Jones's new visitor building, which was featured in the July/August edition of TTJ, has won two awards in the Scottish Design Awards 2021, winning both the Architecture award for a ‘Commercial / Office / Hotel Building or Project’ and the overall ‘Architecture Grand Prix for Architecture’.

James Jones & Sons launches new JJI Design software
02 July, 2021
James Jones & Sons Timber Systems Division has recently announced its latest release of its JJI Design Software. The new software is the most advanced release to date with a number of significant improvements and enhanced design features.

Roller Coaster Year for Softwood
15 June, 2021
The TTF’s softwood conference provided delegates with some insight into the extraordinary supply and demand dynamics of 2020 and made some predictions for 2021. Sally Spencer reports

James Jones & Sons acquires UK Pallet Collars
11 June, 2021
James Jones & Sons Ltd, one of the UK’s leading pallet and packaging businesses and owner of pallet collar manufacturer Billington (International) Ltd has announced the acquisition of UK Pallet Collars Ltd.

Industry consolidation here to stay
26 April, 2021
Consolidation in the UK timber sector has been gathering pace in recent years and as we officially enter spring, it seems to have gone up a notch.

Industry consolidation here to stay
26 April, 2021
Consolidation in the UK timber sector has been gathering pace in recent years and as we officially enter spring, it seems to have gone up a notch.

James Jones completes new visitor building at Lockerbie
22 April, 2021
James Jones & Sons has competed the construction of a new visitor centre at its flagship Lockerbie site.

Lockdown learning still leads to exam success
21 April, 2021
Great success in wood science exams has been announced this week, for students studying with training provider TFT Woodexperts Ltd, as the latest results for the Level 4 Certificate in Wood Science and Timber Technology have been declared.

TTF hosts virtual UK Softwood Conference
01 April, 2021
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) staged its annual UK Softwood Conference as an online event on March 31, marking a year since the organisation’s last physical event – the 2020 softwood conference.

James Jones launches new ‘Fence Master’ app
25 March, 2021
James Jones & Sons Ltd has launched a new fencing app to help customers with their fencing projects.

James Jones acquires GT Timber
01 March, 2021
James Jones & Sons Ltd has announced the acquisition of GT Timber Ltd, the holding company of Taylormade Timber Products Ltd and Kerr Timber Products Ltd, which operate sawmills at Sherburn Hill, Durham and Annan respectively. The acquisition will increase James Jones & Sons Ltd’s annual sawn output to 800,000m3 thereby consolidating its position as the UK’s largest privately owned sawmill, timber engineering and pallet manufacturing company.

James Jones & Sons furthers environmental credentials
23 February, 2021
James Jones & Sons has recently completed installations of new biomass plants at its Mosstodloch and Aboyne sawmills, with a combined investment of £5.4m.

James Jones & Sons pallets support deliveries of Covid-19 vaccine
12 January, 2021
James Jones & Sons is supplying the pallets for distribution of millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines across the UK. The company is sole supplier of EPAL pallets to the manufacturer of one of the three new vaccines, which are currently being rolled out across the country.