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A pause for thought
As I write this comment at the start of December, Christmas is literally just around the corner.
A pause for thought
As I write this comment at the start of December, Christmas is literally just around the corner.
Sales talk
Forest Garden is one of the big names in the UK timber garden products and fencing markets. Keren Fallwell speaks to one of the company’s key figures John Gomersall.
Winning Ways
The inaugural Structural Timber Awards winners were announced earlier this month
360 Safety
The Fork Lift Truck Association is driving safety standards for forklift use and its National Fork Lift Safety Conference was a chance to share best practice and case studies for users.
A plan comes together
“I love it when a plan comes together”. So goes the often quoted line from a certain 1980s TV show.
Hard Road to High Ambition
The global hardwood market is not back to pre-recession peak and faces challenges getting there. But developing markets and innovative applications open up new horizons. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Hardwood Conference in Copenhagen.
A Passion to Sell
Ted James has spent 39 years in the London timber trade and runs South London Timber. Stephen Powney speaks to him.
Celebrating Excellence
Two major awards events celebrate the use of timber in construction – The Wood Awards and the Structural Timber Awards. Sally Spencer reports.
Forestry testament of youth
In September the World Forestry Congress in Durban was addressed on environment, forestry and timber issues by three winners of a competition for young speakers from tropical timber supplier countries. One was Charles Batte, 28, a Ugandan medical doctor and founder of Tree Adoption Uganda, a youth-led social enterprise for reforestation, and its TreeCapital Programme. This is based on his presentation.