Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

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.

An environmental strategy
03 December, 2013
Accurate, verifiable data helps to differentiate green credentials from greenwash, says David Venables, European director of the American Hardwood Export Council.

Growing the timber community
02 November, 2013
Timber is a solution for many building sectors, says David Hopkins, head of communications at the TTF and Wood for Good

Grown in Britain is go!
19 October, 2013
We are now poised to reap the societal benefits of British wood products, says Ed Suttie, director of sustainable materials at the BRE

Grown in Britain – a sustainable plan
05 October, 2013
Buying British-grown timber provides huge benefits, says Steve Cook, principal sustainable development manager at Willmott Dixon

MOs’ appointment welcomed
07 September, 2013
The appointment of the first two MOs for the EUTR is good news but now the EC has to process other applications quickly, says ETTF secretary-general André de Boer

Timber joins the mainstream
13 July, 2013
The Wood Awards show timber is changing the face of civic architecture, says David Hopkins of Wood for Good

Driving economic revival
29 June, 2013
Economic recovery seems to have started and the industry working together can ensure it’s sustained, says David Scott, chairman of Scotts of Thrapston

Planting the right kind of trees
01 June, 2013
The government's forestry policies need to recognise the importance of commercial conifer crops, says David Sulman, executive director of the UK Forest Products Association.

Constructing a comfort zone
06 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber Opinion; editorial opinion; blogs

View from the outside
06 April, 2013
Craig White is chairman of Wood for Good and founder of White Design

Delivering data delivers sales
23 March, 2013
Stout shoes and stamina are what's needed on a TRADA Ecobuild tour.

Eastern markets hold promise
09 February, 2013
As domestic demand remains sluggish, it’s time for British producers to look to markets in the Middle East and north Africa, says Charles Trevor, a consultant for American Softwoods

Getting back to basics
09 February, 2013
Quality products, good service and a fair price are essential to successful business, says David Twigg, a director of Severn Valley Woodworks