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From tropical surge to slowdown?
22 December, 2022
After a strong start to 2022, deteriorating market conditions threaten to slow the UK tropical timber trade. That’s according to latest reports from Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence (www.forestindustries.info) for the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s market information service (www.itto.int), of which the following is a summary

Clouds on hardwood horizon
20 December, 2022
The outlook in the UK hardwood market is darkening, but the last two profitable years should help insulate businesses from a downturn, say importers. Mike Jeffree reports

Down but not out
20 December, 2022
It’s certainly been a year of two halves for Ireland’s timber sector, with the gains of early 2022 being eroded by falling demand. Sally Spencer reports

World Cup distraction from difficult markets
19 December, 2022
The World Cup has kicked off and while we’ll all be hoping for English or Welsh success, the tournament is not necessarily universally being welcomed by all in the business community.

World Cup distraction from difficult markets
19 December, 2022
The World Cup has kicked off and while we’ll all be hoping for English or Welsh success, the tournament is not necessarily universally being welcomed by all in the business community.

Forestry values climb 15% as demand for timber assets and net zero swell market
23 November, 2022
Commercial forestry values have escalated by at least 15% in the past year, according to an industry report launched on November 22.

Supply chain cost pressures remain for pallets
16 November, 2022
Supply chains across Europe have been warned that remaining high prices of inputs other than raw materials are expected to keep costs of essential products such as pallets and packaging high for the foreseeable future.

UK Forest Market Report 2022 set to launch
02 November, 2022
The UK Forest Market Report, the UK’s most renowned forestry investment publication will be launched on November 22 and 23.

Builders’ merchants urged to embrace the cloud
18 October, 2022
A new report details how the cost of living crisis is affecting the builders' merchant industry, with government figures revealing that the price of construction materials has increased by +24.1% in the last year.

Shoreham hit the heights
18 October, 2022
Despite current market turbulence, following a major rise in throughput in the first three quarters of 2021, the port is pushing on with further improvements in its offer to users. Mike Jeffree reports

TTJ update: softwood market remains subdued
30 August, 2022
UK softwood trading has continued its subdued trend into August with supply far in excess of demand

Data driven decision making
24 August, 2022
The timber sector has embraced digitalisation during the pandemic years and software providers are continuing to innovate as new challenges arise. Sally Spencer reports

Timber on pole to cut emissions
24 August, 2022
Wood-based building is increasingly seen as the prime solution for shrinking construction’s carbon footprint, says Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter

MDF demand slows but sector remains optimistic
24 August, 2022
The MDF market in the UK has slowed but the brakes are being eased on rather than squeezed. Keren Fallwell reports

Timber and joinery sales up in May
26 July, 2022
Latest BMBI figures show timber and joinery enjoyed an increase in value sales in May as inflation drove growth

BMBI report reveals drop in builders’ merchant volume sales in April
24 June, 2022
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals that builders’ merchants’ value sales fell 0.9% in April 2022 compared to the same month in 2021, the first decline since January 2021.

High stocks and war in Ukraine fuel uncertainty
10 June, 2022
Softwood markets have been slow to start this year as many importers are still smarting from the aftermath of high stock levels and an uncertain market. Traders have noticed a significant weakness in the DIY sector, which they put down to the sharp rise in the cost of living, while in contrast, the major developers are still witnessing high demand as the property market remains firm. Logistics costs are rising, and embargoes following the invasion of Ukraine are being felt along the supply chain. Jerry Wilson reports

Price and labour more concerning than availability, says CLC
01 June, 2022
John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association (CPA, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) Product Availability working group have released a statement saying that price inflation and a diminishing labour supply are now of greater concern than product availability in most construction sectors.

A Year of Promise and Opportunity
11 April, 2022
Helen Hewitt, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), reflects on 2021 and what this year may have in store

View from the top
11 April, 2022
Howdens accounts for nearly one in four of all UK fitted kitchen sales. TTJ asked head of insights Hannah Parker and supply chain director Richie Sutcliffe about the state of the sector, design and materials trends and the company’s outlook