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Strengthen governance now
10 December, 2021
The Timber Trade Federation unveiled a new deal at the UN Climate Change Conference to incentivise the sustainable and legal tropical timber trade through preferential international market access. Mike Jeffree reports

WPA hits the mark
10 December, 2021
The Wood Protection Association’s annual awards and conference took place as a physical event this year and were declared a great success

Deadline on the horizon
10 December, 2021
From July 2022 every wood treatment operation managed by or supplying members of the Timber Trade Federation must be quality assured by an independent third-party. As the deadline approaches, UK-based wood treaters are likely to turn to the WPA’s ‘Benchmark’ quality scheme, writes the WPA’s chief executive, Gordon Ewbank

Imports continue strong growth
10 December, 2021
Latest TTF stats show the pace of growth is slowing but import volumes are still increasing

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

Chipboard supply challenges remain
01 October, 2021
Chipboard demand continues to outstrip supply and now producers’ raw materials running short could tip the balance further. Keren Fallwell reports

Imports continue steep rise
30 September, 2021
Latest TTF stats show imports are still up on last year, but growth rates are expected to normalise

Don’t drop flegt, pleads NGO
21 July, 2021
NGOs and the TTF have spoken out for FLEGT following suggestions FLEGT licensing and VPAs may be dropped. Mike Jeffree reports

The ABC of UKTR
21 July, 2021
A TTF webinar laid out the operation and implications of the UKTR. Mike Jeffree reports

BMF tackling multiple topics
21 July, 2021
From pandemic, to product shortages and net zero construction targets, the Builders Merchants Federation in-tray has been pretty packed recently, as TTJ’s Mike Jeffree found in conversation with chief executive John Newcomb

Marking time
21 July, 2021
The TTF’s Nick Boulton discusses whether UKCA marking is a duplication, an essential requirement, or both

Little sign of hardwood market relief
21 July, 2021
Hardwood supply and demand remain seriously out of kilter and the arrival of a breakbulk timber cargo from Asia underlines unprecedented container costs. Mike Jeffree reports

Demand reaches new high in Q1
21 July, 2021
Timber imports into the UK continue to hit new heights

New Times, New Trade Body
15 June, 2021
Timber Development is the name and aim of the UK’s new trade body. Mike Jeffree interviewed chief executive David Hopkins on its launch

Innovation for the future of wood
15 June, 2021
Andy Hodge, marketing director at Lonza Wood Protection, explains why timber treatments need to evolve

United we stand
15 June, 2021
The TTF and WPA are united in their campaign to grow demand for preservative treated wood. The WPA’s chief executive officer, Gordon Ewbank, reports

Pandemic Underlines Joinery Resilience
15 June, 2021
Joinery producers are seeing a particularly busy RMI market and are upbeat about the year ahead despite raw materials challenges. Mike Jeffree reports

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

Imports recovery continues in Uk
15 June, 2021
The latest TTF statistics show the recovery in imports continued into the new year

FLEGT Communication by design
30 April, 2021
Pulsing trees and model endangered forest species are just two of the winners of the TTF’s design competition to promote the FLEGT timber legality assurance initiative. Mike Jeffree reports