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Lead importers put ipe on hold
18 August, 2014
Following Greenpeace allegations about illegality in the timber industry in Pará, Brazil, Brooks Bros and James Latham plc have taken ipé off sale. Both have also put an FSC-only rule on all imports from Brazil.

EUTR back-up required
15 July, 2014
Timber traders want guidance from the EU, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Steer clear of Para, Greenpeace warns
14 July, 2014
Greenpeace has come close to urging importers in the UK and the rest of Europe not to buy timber from Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para due to the percentage harvested illegally.

Saint-Gobain pulls ipe and works with Greenpeace
14 July, 2014
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD), parent of Jewson and International Timber, has taken ipe off sale at the companies after Greenpeace raised doubts about its legality documentation and highlighted that its suppliers had been previously fined for “forest crimes”.

Kebony courts palace show
08 July, 2014
Kebony has been specified for a treehouse at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower show.

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

TTF urges vigilance on Brazil timber imports
23 May, 2014
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) is advising UK importers who buy Brazilian timber from the Amazon to thoroughly check their supply chain in the wake of Greenpeace’s investigation into illegal logging in the country.

Brazil laundering illegal timber, says Greenpeace
16 May, 2014
Greenpeace is urging Jewson to stop selling ipe decking after revealing what it says is “widespread illegal logging” in Brazil.

Fortis flexes its muscles
19 April, 2014
The UK’s newest and largest buyers’ group shared its ethos with members and suppliers at its Timber & Building conference. Keren Fallwell reports

UK timber training urgently needs industry buy-in
06 April, 2014
The UK timber sector has its most comprehensive and effective training framework in a generation, but if more companies don’t take advantage government grant support could be axed.

New look for Wood Campus
04 April, 2014
The Wood Campus online timber information and learning resource has been relaunched with a new design, architecture and a new section for the DIY sector.

Duo joins Gill & Robinson
06 March, 2014
Gill & Robinson has made two appointments.

Jewson timber branch invests in Kentwood moulder
22 February, 2014
Jewson’s specialist timber branch at Canterbury has invested in a Kentwood six-head moulder to significantly increase timber machining throughput.

Refocused and reinvented
08 February, 2014
The Builders Merchants Federation has reinvented itself over the last 18 months and membership is growing as a result. Sally Spencer reports

Peter Hindle to chair the BMF
31 January, 2014
Peter Hindle MBE will be the next chairman of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), taking up the position on April 2.

The regeneration game
11 January, 2014
Norbord’s OSB mills have entered a period of major cash regeneration, thanks largely to the turnaround in the housebuilding sector. Sally Spencer reports