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Climate change: keynote speech
9 March 2010

Foresters have a key role to play in the fight against climate change, Britain’s top forester has said.

Timber frame faces insurance boycott
5 March 2010

Insurers could remove cover or hike up premiums for existing timber-frame buildings over safety concerns.

Kingspan timber system sales slump
4 March 2010

Kingspan Group’s engineered timber systems business saw a whopping 72% fall in sales during 2009.

Conference to tackle forest diseases
4 March 2010

Forest Research scientists and the head of the Forestry Commission’s Plant Health Service will address an important conference in April to raise awareness and understanding of tree diseases and pests.

New MD for Stewart Milne Timber
2 March 2010

Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS) has appointed Ron Easton as its new managing director.

TRADA produces timber frame e-guide
25 February 2010

TRADA Technology has produced Essential Timber Frame Standard Details (for single occupancy detached, semi-detached and terraced houses) in a ready-to-use electronic PDF format.

Biomass use keeps growing
25 February 2010

More people are turning to biomass as fuel according to a new green energy survey from Forestry Commission England.

Travis Perkins sees sales fall
25 February 2010

Materials group Travis Perkins saw group sales for the year fall 8% to £2.9bn.

Forestry Commission completes Rochdale project
23 February 2010

The Forestry Commission has completed landscaping work at the Belfield community woodland, near Rochdale.

Finland timber sector bounces back
16 February 2010

The Finnish forest industry recorded an increase in production towards the end of 2009 after bottoming out earlier in the year, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation has announced.

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