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BMBI expands to 92% market coverage
16 January, 2024
2023 rounded off with a significant relaunch of the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, now featuring builders’ merchants’ sales data to builders and trades people covering 92% of GB national sales, up from just over 80%.

Downbeat economic forecasts shared at TDUK markets conference in London
09 November, 2023
UK and international timber traders gathered in strong numbers for Timber Development UK’s Global Market Conference in London on Wednesday at a time of difficult market dynamics.

FSC logo awareness more than doubled
18 May, 2023
Awareness of the FSC logo in the UK has increased 45% since 2019 , and the proportion of those claiming both good and rough knowledge of the logo has more than doubled.

TDUK market conference paints gloomy trade picture into 2023
04 November, 2022
The Timber Development UK (TDUK) annual market conference in central London was unequivocal in its message – falling demand and prices coupled with rising costs will cause increasingly difficult and uncertain market conditions going into 2023.

Fire door research reveals "lack of accountability"
01 November, 2022
A third (32%) of the British public would not report a problem with a fire door, with a perceived lack of personal repercussions being one of the main reasons for not reporting, new research to mark Fire Door Safety Week (October 31 – November 4) has found.

Timber sector can learn from electric vehicle industry’s growth, says TDUK CEO
19 July, 2022
Members of Timber Development UK (TDUK) braved the high temperatures on Monday to converge on RIBA’s offices in London to hear about the organisation’s latest plans to achieve its stated objective of becoming a one-stop shop in the timber industry for information, technical guidance and training.

Ukraine war: shock in the wood product value chain to be expected
10 March, 2022
Following a meeting of the main trade bodies for the timber industry, CEI-Bois (the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries) and EOS (the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry) recognised that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a real threat to peace and security in Europe while direct consequences on the timber business should be expected.

Renters in fear of raising fire safety concerns
30 September, 2021
Millions of people privately renting or in social housing fear a revenge eviction if they raise fire safety concerns with landlords, despite issues such as inadequate fire doors and broken fire alarms being prevalent, new research to mark Fire Door Safety Week (September 20-26) has found.

Carpentry students inspired at first IOC training event
16 June, 2021
The Faculty of Construction Crafts at Leeds College of Building recently held its first Institute of Carpenters (IOC) City Hub Event. The virtual session exposed students to the varied career opportunities available to qualified carpenters and joiners.

Combilift ventilator innovation will help in Covid-19 fight
06 May, 2020
Irish forklift manufacturer Combilift has drawn on its expertise in engineering and software design to develop an innovation which will help the medical world deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

TTF Softwood Conference discusses challenges for the industry
09 March, 2020
The 2020 TTF UK Softwood Conference in London attracted over 230 registered delegates to hear presentations from a range of experts covering different sectors and regions.

Latest builders merchant sales stats show increased sales
25 September, 2019
Total builders merchants sales in July were up 2.9% in value compared with the same month last year, according to the latest update from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI).

BEIS lists BMBI as data source
22 August, 2019
The latest monthly construction update from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) features data from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI).

UK construction output falls 2.7% in Q1
14 May, 2018
Office for National Statistics figures show that UK construction output decreased 2.7% in the first quarter of 2018.

Desperately seeking softwood
25 April, 2018
The TTF’s Softwood Conference came at a key time for the European softwood sector, with delegates keen to hear about latest market developments and forecasts for 2018 and beyond. Stephen Powney reports.

Builders merchants’ positive sales trend continues
21 August, 2017
A continuing positive trend for UK builders merchants was reported in Q2, according to the latest data from the Builders Merchants Federation’s (BMF) Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI).

Builders Merchants Federation says construction remains buoyant
09 November, 2016
Brexit does not appear to have negatively impacted the construction industry according to the latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI).

UK construction falls flat
10 June, 2016
The possibility of a “Brexit” vote in the EU referendum is likely to have played a role in the latest results showing that UK construction activity fell flat across Q1.

UK sawmill production remains on growth track
16 June, 2014
UK sawmill production grew by 5% to 3.6 million m3 in 2013, according to new statistics from the Forestry Commission.

New statistics show UK sawmill production growth
22 May, 2014
UK sawmill production grew by 5% to 3.6 million m3 in 2013, according to new statistics from the Forestry Commission.