Search Results: 'Timber Trade Federation'

Good, but can still do better
28 December, 2013
Our guest column this week from Julia Young of the WWF Global Forest Trade Network reminded me of an old school report, albeit less abrupt and minus the cruel but fair comment that my total lack of ball skills and co-ordination meant I was being dropped from cricket and football to focus on rugby (England cricket selectors perhaps take note).

Stronger building market gives ply sector hope
28 December, 2013
UK demand for plywood is improving, buoyed by increasing construction activity. Ian Martin reports

Show speakers spot timber building trends
19 December, 2013
Cutting-edge European timber-based building will be a key theme at this year’s Techniques et Solutions Bois ( Timber Techniques and Solutions) conference at the Carrefour du Bois International exhibition.

New Q-Mark scheme to boost marine plywood quality
17 December, 2013
Efforts to improve the quality of marine plywood on the UK market have been given a boost with BM TRADA’s launch of a new Q-Mark scheme for the material.

Closing the door on fire
14 December, 2013
The BWF and BWF-CERTIFIRE Scheme’s Fire Door Safety Week was a roaring success. Liz Male reports.

Confidence set to grow
14 December, 2013
The MDF market’s progress is showing no signs yet of slowing for Christmas and the positive trend is expected to continue next year. Ian Martin reports

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
This increasing positivity has been apparent in the timber sector for a while and, although people remain wary of talking about green shoots, for fear the mere mention will make them shrivel, even these have recently begun to sprout in the occasional conversation.

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
Economic upturns start with a feeling. It's a slow and initially barely discernible mood swing, but gradually you start to notice that not every business discussion is a gloom contest, as it seems to have been through the slump, where everyone tries to outdo each other with tales of corporate woe.

September trade boosts import growth
12 December, 2013
The UK’s timber and panel products import volumes for the first three quarters were 1.5% higher than the same period in 2012, thanks to a 12% increase in Q3.

New due diligence tool available from TTF
06 December, 2013
A new due diligence checklist has been made available by the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) after shortcomings were found in the toolbox of its Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP).

Joinery and builder sectors look for VAT cut from chancellor
04 December, 2013
The joinery and building sectors have again urged the government to reduce VAT on domestic building works to 5%.

FSC puts online claims platform partly on hold
30 November, 2013
The Forest Stewardship Council has postponed a decision on making it obligatory for certificate holders to use its new online claims platform (OCP) live.

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
28 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

TTF chief elected to CEI Bois board
27 November, 2013
Timber Trade Federation chief executive John White has been elected to the board of CEI Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries, the EU’s leading timber sector lobbying organisation.

Big challenges, bold steps
16 November, 2013
The AHEC European Convention highlighted the range of initiatives under way to make maximum use of the abundant US hardwood resource. Mike Jeffree reports

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
16 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

TTF defers marine ply quality compliance
15 November, 2013
The deadline for members to have marine plywood compliance with BS 1088 compulsorily third-party quality assured has been pushed back by the Timber Trade Federation National Panel Products Division (NPPD).

Group aims to improve timber engineering research and training
15 November, 2013
An alliance of industry and academia focused on improving and increasing UK timber engineering research has met to assess current challenges.

EC seeks to bring more clarity on EUTR
07 November, 2013
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has welcomed further European Commission clarification on guidance details of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

Departing from convention
02 November, 2013
The prospect of attending two international timber conferences in 10 days prompted forebodings of information overload and PowerPoint fatigue. But zipping from the International Softwood Conference (ISC) in Edinburgh, to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) European Convention in Budapest, left a spring in the step that even the terror of landing at a gale-lashed Gatwick after the latter could not shake.