Search Results: 'Jewson'

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

The timber trail
16 June, 2014
Bob Wells, timber product director at Jewson, looks at why the merchant plays an important part in upholding environmental best practice

TTF urges vigilance on Brazil timber imports
23 May, 2014
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) is advising UK importers who buy Brazilian timber from the Amazon to thoroughly check their supply chain in the wake of Greenpeace’s investigation into illegal logging in the country.

Brazil laundering illegal timber, says Greenpeace
16 May, 2014
Greenpeace is urging Jewson to stop selling ipe decking after revealing what it says is “widespread illegal logging” in Brazil.

Fortis flexes its muscles
19 April, 2014
The UK’s newest and largest buyers’ group shared its ethos with members and suppliers at its Timber & Building conference. Keren Fallwell reports

UK timber training urgently needs industry buy-in
06 April, 2014
The UK timber sector has its most comprehensive and effective training framework in a generation, but if more companies don’t take advantage government grant support could be axed.

New look for Wood Campus
04 April, 2014
The Wood Campus online timber information and learning resource has been relaunched with a new design, architecture and a new section for the DIY sector.

Duo joins Gill & Robinson
06 March, 2014
Gill & Robinson has made two appointments.

Jewson timber branch invests in Kentwood moulder
22 February, 2014
Jewson’s specialist timber branch at Canterbury has invested in a Kentwood six-head moulder to significantly increase timber machining throughput.

Refocused and reinvented
08 February, 2014
The Builders Merchants Federation has reinvented itself over the last 18 months and membership is growing as a result. Sally Spencer reports

Peter Hindle to chair the BMF
31 January, 2014
Peter Hindle MBE will be the next chairman of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), taking up the position on April 2.

The regeneration game
11 January, 2014
Norbord’s OSB mills have entered a period of major cash regeneration, thanks largely to the turnaround in the housebuilding sector. Sally Spencer reports

From ship to shore
02 November, 2013
UK ports aim to help their timber customers improve efficiencies. Keren Fallwell reports.

Jewson wins £1.5m contract
16 August, 2013
Jewson has won a contract worth £1.5m to supply Yorkshire Coast Homes with materials and tools for its refit and maintenance works.

Dogs trust in Pasquill
13 August, 2013
Pasquill has provided the roofing solution for a new rehoming centre being built by the Dogs Trust at Basildon.

Liquidators seek to unravel oak builder’s demise
27 June, 2013
Liquidators are trying to uncover why oak frame building supplier Bespoke Oak Supplies went bust owing about £1.6m.

Norbord wins Jewson supplier award
15 April, 2013
Norbord has been awarded Timber and Sheet Materials Supplier of the Year at the annual Jewson conference.

Ecobuild: Jewson’s timber attractions
22 March, 2013
The Posi-joists radiating across the top of Jewson’s two-storey stand attracted a lot of attention from visitors.

Parker rebrands Saint-Gobain acquisitions
05 December, 2012
Parker Building Supplies, the independent Kent and Sussex builders merchant, has rebranded four branches it bought from Jewson parent Saint-Gobain in October.

Jewson launches roof design solutions service
17 October, 2012
Jewson has launched a roof design solutions service in the south-east so customers can speedily and easily get access to product and price information for their roofing projects.