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In good health and primed for 2015
22 December, 2014
for 2015 British-grown timber processors are looking back on a year of strong demand and prices. Sally Spencer reports

Despatches from the Malaysian forest
22 December, 2014
Turnstone Singapore’s Michael Buckley recently visited Malaysia and discovered a country that is keen to make the most of its timber resource but that also values its environment.

IFO certificate completes Danzer FSC process
12 December, 2014
The renewal of the FSC certification of Danzer’s Republic of Congo operation Industrie Forestière d’Ouesso (IFO) sets the seal on the company’s wider reassociation into the scheme in August.

PEFC endorses Indonesian forestry programme
11 December, 2014
PEFC’s endorsement of the Indonesian Forestry Certification Co-operation (IFCC) was marked at an event in Jakarta today.

Christmas celebration rounds off year of fund-raising
06 December, 2014
Christmas lunch and golf on December 5 has completed a year of fund-raising for the Midlands Region TTBS.

TTBS golf in Premier league
18 November, 2014
Premier Forest Products is to sponsor next year’s Timber Trades’ Benevolent Society’s National Golf.

BMF launches Timber Forum
17 November, 2014
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) held its first dedicated Timber Forum last week.

FLEGT forest power to the people
15 October, 2014
The EU FLEGT VPA process is giving local communities real influence in the operation of their forest and timber sectors and they’re urging the EU timber trade to back it. Mike Jeffree reports.

Grown in Britain week launches with ministerial backing
14 October, 2014
The second annual Grown in Britain week kicked off in grand style yesterday with the secretary of state for the environment visiting a major housing project using home-grown timber in the morning and two government ministers speaking at the launch event at the House of Lords in the afternoon.

Grown in Britain set for second campaign week
11 October, 2014
Grown in Britain Week gets under way on Monday with a series of events to mark the first year of the campaign to boost home-grown wood products and create a wood culture in the UK.

Study looks at Scottish forestry economy
30 September, 2014
Scotland’s forest industries are being urged to take part in a survey to update the picture of forestry’s contribution to the Scottish economy.

Getting industry back on track
24 September, 2014
Timber Trade Federation head of sustainability Anand Punja calls for consistency of enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation

European timber promotion targets MEPs
05 September, 2014
A group of leading European timber sector organisations is teaming up behind the Wood for Growth event in Brussels in September to lobby MEPs and highlight the potential contribution timber can make to sustainable construction and development.

The RR of timber technology PR
18 August, 2014
In a 30 year career, wood processing machinery PR Claude Daly wrote over 3,600 articles on technology installations at timber companies across the UK. He spoke to Mike Jeffree.

The only way is up
18 August, 2014
The Canada Green Building Conference looked at the construction solutions timber could offer in an increasingly urban environment. Architect Peter Wilson reports.

Scottish forests contribute to tourism economy
08 August, 2014
A Forestry Commission Scotland survey has revealed that 9.1 million visits are made to the national forest estate each year.

Divide and Rule
16 July, 2014
With the referendum on Scottish independence just two months away, Sally Spencer canvassed opinion on the impact a yes vote might have on the UK timber industry.

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.