Search Results: 'TTF'

Olympics will create legacy for timber
16 December, 2006

Made in Britain
25 November, 2006
The British-grown timber sector is expanding and prices are firming. Jane Karthaus of ConFor reports, with contributions from UPM Tilhill, UKFPA, Beacon Forestry and the TTF

Local associations make things happen
25 November, 2006

Raising the game
28 October, 2006
Delegates at the TTF conference heard that the timber industry must be more proactive and innovative if it is to beat off the competition

Fronting up for market share
28 October, 2006

A year in review
28 October, 2006
The TTF conducted a comprehensive review of the forest products industry and discovered that it's a larger and more diverse business than many imagine

Getting them young
28 October, 2006

Education for long-term benefi
30 September, 2006
It could just be me, but the pace at the moment seems incredibly quick, with the summer holiday period ending, creating an immediate demand to catch up on everything, now that most of the timber world is back in harness. The kids are back at school, having been exhorted by their reports to do better. Everyone's fired up and raring to go.

Quality time
30 September, 2006
Just under 1,000 visitors and 61 exhibitors were recorded at the Timber Show.The organisers are already planning for next year’s show.Timbmet Silverman launched a range of textured 3D decorative panels.Stewart Milne Timber Systems erected and dismantled the upper floor of a house on each day of the show.

Biting back
16 September, 2006
The TTF is tightening up its Code of Conduct to help combat ‘rogue’ plywood traders

Standards reassure customers
16 September, 2006

All sides lobby on illegal logging
19 August, 2006
Greenpeace protests might have diverted attention beforehand, but the timber trade gave a good account of itself at the latest RIIA meeting on illegal logging

TTF is in good heart
08 July, 2006
Communication will be a key factor in the policy proposed by the Timber Trade Federation’s new president

Green for go
10 June, 2006
The TTJ Environmental Achievement Award recognises and promotes the industry’s ever-improving environmental performance

Firm foundations to build on
27 May, 2006
Timber got some great publicity last week smack bang in the middle of London.

RPP will ease the way
29 April, 2006

Possibly the perfect solution
15 April, 2006
Contrary to popular belief, the simplest ideas are not always the best. I quite often have simple ideas which my wife has no hesitation in telling me are the daftest things she’s ever heard.

Timber on TTAP
18 February, 2006
The EU-funded Timber Trade Action Plan aims to tackle illegal logging in South-east Asia and Central Africa. Andy Roby, Timber Trade Federation head of environment and corporate social responsibility, reports

Friend or foe?
18 February, 2006
While some of Greenpeace's forest campaigns might appear to suggest the contrary, the NGO is keen to work with, not against, the timber industry

Social impact is trade issue
06 February, 2006
The pressure is on to make social issues even more central in assessing timber sustainability. Keith Fryer reports from the International Forest Governance and Trade conference in London