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.

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.

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.

New Northern Ireland trade body sets out stall
14 October, 2006
Timber importers and product manufacturers in Northern Ireland who broke away from the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) last year have formed a new trade body, wood-ni.

Trade asked for training input
09 October, 2006
Members of the North West Timber Trade Association (NWTTA) have been exhorted to help train the next generation of timber traders.

TTF and CPET join forces
09 October, 2006
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the government's Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) have agreed to work together to pilot new CPET guidance in the timber trade.

TTF president makes communication a priority
04 October, 2006
Communication will be at the heart of everything the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) does in future, according to its new president, Neil Donaldson, addressing around 280 guests at the annual East Anglia Timber Trade Association (EATTA) dinner, held at King's College.

Parliamentary plywood under Greenpeace attack
02 October, 2006
Greenpeace claims to have found bintangor-faced plywood being used in £5m refurbishment work at the Houses of Parliament.

TTF comes top in European survey
01 October, 2006
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has come top in a survey of five European wood associations carried out by the German timber trade association, GD Holz.

Industry goes for gold with Olympics campaign
30 September, 2006
The timber trade's "Wood for Gold" campaign, which will capitalise on the London 2012 Olympics, will be launched soon.

TTF conference line-up finalised
29 September, 2006
The final line-up of speakers for this year's Timber Trade Federation (TTF) conference has been announced.