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ESP gives plywood the edge
28 June, 2023
TTJ talks to Phil McCormack at Nicks Timber about the development of ESP, an edge sealant for panel products

Leading the QA move
10 June, 2022
Gordon Ewbank, director of the Wood Protection Association, outlines the drive to quality assurance of treated wood

In Search of Freedom
11 April, 2022
John Park ponders the Brexit Freedoms Bill and what it might mean for the timber industry

A Labyrinth of Challenges
11 April, 2022
Howarth Timber & Building Supplies was the winner of the inaugural TTJ Timber Garden Product Supplier of the Year Award in 2021. Sally Spencer spoke to Gary Froggatt, timber category manager, about the merchant’s experience of the market

John Park retires
04 March, 2022
John Park, manager of Canada Wood UK and a board member and immediate past chairman of the Wood Technology Society (WTS) is retiring at the end of March.

Coatings sector remains resilient
04 February, 2022
Sally Spencer spoke to British Coatings Federation chief executive officer, Tom Bowtell about the challenges and opportunities for the coatings and finishes sector

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

What the future holds?
10 December, 2021
Cellulose and carbon – what can be done with this waste? HONEXT is one of the latest propositions of panelboard products made using alternative materials. Geoff Rhodes report

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

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

Composites continue growth
30 April, 2021
Wood-plastic composite decking is continuing its rapid growth in the UK, with most suppliers predicting buoyant sales in 2021, writes Stephen Powney

Prices rise as demand chases supply
30 April, 2021
While demand for softwood stays firm, shortages continue to fuel price rises. Jerry Wilson reports

A clear case for treatment clarity
26 April, 2021
The industry must get behind the TTF’s efforts to clear the fog around correct specification of treated softwood, says Keith Fryer of Fort Builders’ Merchant

Greenpeace certification report covets headlines not consensus
19 March, 2021
It must be a burden being part of Greenpeace, being so ineffably right all the time, when everyone else is so unmitigatedly wrong.

For better or for worse?
24 February, 2021
2020 was a tumultuous year, but will 2021 be better or worse? TTJ asked key players in the industry how they think the year may pan out

New normal better than expected
09 December, 2020
Hardwood businesses are loath to make forecasts in the current uncertain environment, but are relatively happy with post-lockdown sales recovery so far. However, supply from certain sources is becoming more difficult Mike Jeffree reports

TTF issues new Brexit Guide
03 November, 2020
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has updated and republished advice to help firms prepare for the end of the transition period when the UK leaves the EU Customs Union on January 1, 2021.

Backing British
30 October, 2020
Dougal Driver, chief executive officer of Grown in Britain, explains why it is developing a verification scheme for exemplary new woodlands