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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.

Sustainable Homes Code unveiled
16 December, 2006
The government this week unveiled its long-awaited Code for Sustainable Homes, which mentions using certified timber as one of the ways of improving a new home's sustainability rating.

Building criticised over timber frame fire story
15 December, 2006
The London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) has described the slant of a story in Building on the risk of fire in multi-storey timber frame construction as “regrettable”.

UKTFA appoints technical and education managers
14 December, 2006

Timber frame will help meet carbon neutral targets, says UKTFA
11 December, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association has welcomed new measures unveiled in Wednesday's Pre-Budget Report to make the majority of new homes 'carbon neutral' within 10 years.

Timber frame sector responds to fire report
09 December, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has moved swiftly to highlight fire safety initiatives under way in its sector after Building ran a controversial report on a construction site blaze.

Building's demolition job
09 December, 2006
Building's sensationalist report last week on a fire at a London timber frame site was predictable. The magazine's main constituency is brick, block and steel building, so it told most readers what they wanted to hear: that timber frame is a fire risk.

Nailing down quality
09 December, 2006
Covers Timber Structures has improved production with the installation of a framing machine from Industrial Timber Technology. Brett Smith of ITT reports

Made in Britain
25 November, 2006
The British-grown timber sector is expanding and prices are firming. Jane Karthaus of ConFor reports, with contributions from UPM Tilhill, UKFPA, Beacon Forestry and the TTF

Networking event for timber frame firms
24 November, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) is hosting a free networking event for businesses to discuss how they can tap into the recent boom in the construction sector.

Scottish cluster focuses on training
13 November, 2006
Several leading figures in the timber industry will be speaking at this month's Scottish Forest Industries Cluster conference on workforce development.

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

Growth backed by trade initiatives
11 November, 2006

Opportunity abroad
11 November, 2006
The expanding interest in timber building is attracting companies from across Europe to the UK’s markets. But is the sales traffic mainly one-way? Camilla Hair of SCA Timber Supply investigates

A notch above
28 October, 2006
When TV celebrity and W6 guest of honour Linda Barker dropped by the JJ Smith stand, she was drawn to a pile of jointed heavy-weight timber sections processed with the Auer 4-way notching machine.

TEC gets touchy feely
28 October, 2006
Timbmet Silverman may have been disappointed that its Sirocco textured MDF was pipped at the post for the Furnicom Innovation Award at W6 (see p20), but it was more than happy with the reception it got from visitors.

Business is brisk at W6
14 October, 2006
W6 Working with Wood, formerly Woodmex, was heading towards a projected final visitor attendance of 11,000 half way through the four-day show.

Timber frame captures newbuild market share
13 October, 2006
Architects and housebuilders are increasingly seeing the benefits of timber frame, pushing its market share of newbuild housing to record levels.