Search Results: 'Timber Trade Federation'

TTF to meet minister over carbon-neutral homes policy
18 December, 2006
A Timber Trade Federation delegation is to join the Home Builders Federation in a meeting with housing minister Yvette Cooper to hammer out the detail of Gordon Brown's carbon-neutral home building policy unveiled in the chancellor's Pre-Budget Report.

Kennedy supports Wood for Gold
18 December, 2006
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is one of the latest MPs to add his name to an early day motion supporting the aims of the Wood for Gold campaign.

Federation sponsors New Guinean on IWSc course
08 December, 2006

EU legal timber harmony urged
27 November, 2006
EU governments and trade associations, including the UK Timber Trade Federation, should work towards harmonised procurement policies to help in the battle against illegal logging.

Wood for Gold out of the blocks
25 November, 2006
The Wood for Gold initiative to boost timber use in the 2012 London Olympics developments has had its official launch in Westminster.

Trade warned to check PNG claims
25 November, 2006
The industry has been warned to be on the lookout for timber from Papua New Guinea (PNG) with chain of custody documentation but wrongly claimed to be sustainably and legally sourced.

Interest in Mendip stock
25 November, 2006
Administrators acting for Mendip Plywood, which went into administration on November 9, have said a number of interested parties want to buy the company's remaining stock.

Industry bodies join forces to boost legal timber trade in Asia
24 November, 2006
The Timber Trade Federation has unveiled a joint marketing offensive with the Dutch Timber Trade Association and Malaysian Timber Council to communicate changes in requirements for legal and sustainable timber.

Concern over claims of Papua New Guinean timber legality
18 November, 2006
The alarm has been raised that timber from Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being presented as legally sourced when it has merely been audited under a traceability scheme.

Australia cracks down on illegal imports
14 November, 2006
Timber industry groups in Australia have backed a federal government plan to crack down on illegal imports - even though it doesn't impose an outright ban.

A forum to form the future
11 November, 2006

Sellers' market continues as log prices reach 13-year high
11 November, 2006
Although price increases may soften slightly this quarter, there is no sign of the market weakening

A forum to form the future
11 November, 2006

Invest and prosper
11 November, 2006
A boom period in Swedish sawmilling is enabling the industry to invest in the future. Johanna Blom, of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation, reports

A framework for the future
11 November, 2006
Medite has launched an international initiative to forecast timber industry developments over the next 10 years

Sellers' market continues as log prices reach 13-year high
11 November, 2006
Although price increases may soften slightly this quarter, there is no sign of the market weakening

TTF welcomes Stern Review
09 November, 2006
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has welcomed the Stern Review as an important contribution to the climate change debate.

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

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

Minister hears industry views
28 October, 2006
Key issues facing the domestic and imported wood using sectors were discussed at a meeting between representatives of ConFor and the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Barry Gardiner MP, the minister responsible for government policy on forestry and timber procurement.