Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

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.

Business as usual
16 December, 2006
Finland's timber industry is restructuring, but it remains committed to its UK business

Supply shortages expected to continue in new year
16 December, 2006
This year has been marked by shortages of hardwood from around the world – and there is likely to be more of the same in 2007

Rising prices, higher profile
16 December, 2006

The space race
16 December, 2006
Miles Brown of TRADA Technology Ltd examined the options for recycling wood waste in the UK, as part of the seminar programme staged by TRADA and sister organisation FIRA at October's W6 Working with Wood exhibition

Supply shortages expected to continue in new year
16 December, 2006
This year has been marked by shortages of hardwood from around the world – and there is likely to be more of the same in 2007

Rising prices, higher profile
16 December, 2006

Olympics will create legacy for timber
16 December, 2006

Olympics will create legacy for timber
16 December, 2006

Winning formulas
09 December, 2006
The coatings and finishes sector is becoming increasingly hi-tech

Wood for good set for funding boost
09 December, 2006
Timber promotional organisation wood for good is set to receive a “significant increase” in funding next year to spend on six different industry projects.

Cost pressures create casualties in pallet sector
09 December, 2006
The pallet sector continues to be under pressure – largely from raw material supply and costs. It's a contrasting story for fencing manufacturers who are enjoying healthy demand

Cost pressures create casualties in pallet sector
09 December, 2006
The pallet sector continues to be under pressure – largely from raw material supply and costs. It's a contrasting story for fencing manufacturers who are enjoying healthy demand

Wood for good challenges Stern findings
29 November, 2006
Wood for good has challenged headline figures widely reported in the Stern Review on how the government could reduce the UK's carbon emissions.

MPs back Wood for Gold
28 November, 2006
More than 30 MPs have so far signed a House of Commons motion applauding the aims of the newly-launched Wood for Gold campaign.

Supply shortage stymies Irish industry
25 November, 2006
Ireland, like the rest of Europe, is grappling with supply shortages – just as its housing starts are setting a record

Opportunity on an Olympic scale
25 November, 2006

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

Opportunity on an Olympic scale
25 November, 2006

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.