Search Results: 'Timber Trade Federation'

TTBS Christmas message
15 December, 2021
On behalf of the Timber Trades Benevolent Society’s (TTBS) trustees, our national president for 2021 and 2022, John Taylor, the TTBS board of management and our many UK beneficiaries, I would like to thank you for all the support you have given the society throughout 2021, which has continued to be a most difficult year for us all.

Calculating carbon
13 December, 2021
James Latham’s new Carbon Calculator is a bold initiative designed to give full transparency on the carbon impact side of its products and aid the wider appreciation and specification of wood’s benefits. Stephen Powney talked to James Latham’s group head of marketing Stuart Devoil

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

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

ISC identifies positive post-Covid prospects
10 December, 2021
The softwood sector is hoping for a calmer market environment in 2022, but demand is forecast to continue to outstrip output. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Softwood Conference

Global forests need global governance
10 December, 2021
Timber Trade Federation chief executive David Hopkins explains why legal governance of forests and forest supply chains must be a priority

Global forests need global governance
10 December, 2021
Timber Trade Federation chief executive David Hopkins explains why legal governance of forests and forest supply chains must be a priority

Rising to the challenges of 2021 and beyond
10 December, 2021
Sarah Virgo, campaign manager at Wood for Good, says the industry must make the most of the recent buzz around wood

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

Carbon takes centre stage
10 December, 2021
The issue of carbon has been extremely prominent in the media these last few weeks.

Carbon takes centre stage
10 December, 2021
The issue of carbon has been extremely prominent in the media these last few weeks.

Timber industry well positioned to meet demand in 2022, says TTF
06 December, 2021
More than 3.32 million m3 of timber and panel imports were imported in Q3 2021, as the market achieves greater balance between supply and demand after nearly a year of record imports, says the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

TDUK kicks off new era in UK timber industry representation
26 November, 2021
A new era in UK timber industry representation dawned this week with the inaugural Timber Development UK AGM, bringing together the timber supply chain and specification community within the new body that merges the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and TRADA.

Major UK timber product industry events taking place this week
22 November, 2021
A string of major UK timber industry events are taking place this week, bringing distributors, merchants, importers and manufacturers together – some for the first time in 18 months.

New TDUK technical paper focuses on embodied carbon
12 November, 2021
As the world’s focus was brought firmly onto the carbon issue at COP26 in Glasgow, Timber Development UK (TDUK) is bringing clarity to how to account for embodied carbon in timber construction with a newly released technical paper.

Obituary: Derek Fletcher
12 November, 2021
The timber trade has been paying tributes to one of its longest-serving members who died recently – Derek Fletcher of DHH Timber.

BMBI reports continued strong year-on-year growth
20 October, 2021
The latest report from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reveals that builders’ merchants’ August value sales were 23.0% higher year-on-year, with timber & joinery products once again topping the list of best performing categories (+51.5%).

Softwood supply finally catching construction demand, says TTF
19 October, 2021
More than seven million m3 of timber and panel products were imported by the UK between January and July 2021, according to the latest Timber Trade Federation (TTF) Market Statement.

Rising to the challenges of 2021 and beyond
18 October, 2021
Sarah Virgo, campaign manager at Wood for Good, says the industry must make the most of the recent buzz around wood

View the TTJ Awards 2021 highlights on YouTube
05 October, 2021
All photos and video highlights from the 25th anniversary TTJ Awards 2021 are available on the TTJ Awards website.