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Fencing becomes all-season market
Any sense of seasonal trends has gone as demand for fencing continued throughout 2020. Keren Fallwell reports
Offsite challenge
Cambridge Innovation Parks Ltd, BRE and 3PM have collaborated to propose an exciting new challenge to the timber construction industry
Coatings keep it covered
As the UK acclimatises to lockdown number three, the coatings and finishes sector reflects on 2020, a year that, in terms of trade at least, proved better than expected. Sally Spencer reports
Forestry rises up the agenda
The annual Forestry Conference, held during Grown in Britain week and chaired by the organisation’s chief executive, Dougal Driver, heard how forestry is rising up the agenda for politicians and investors alike. Sally Spencer reports
Rings master
Bona products were used in a unique flooring project that mimics the growth rings of a tree
Progress report
The annual UK Forest Market Report reveals the sector performed exceptionally strongly in 2020. Sally Spencer attended the launch event
James Jones & Sons furthers environmental credentials
James Jones & Sons has recently completed installations of new biomass plants at its Mosstodloch and Aboyne sawmills, with a combined investment of £5.4m.
SO Modular invests in new talent after uplift in demand
Timber frame construction specialist SO Modular has created two new jobs on the back of an uplift in demand, despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
Fryers appointed BMF board adviser
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has appointed Rachel Fryers, director of Merritt & Fryers in Skipton, as a board adviser with effect from April 1.