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prameela vegi

Harvesting Manager – Scottish Woodlands

We are currently inviting applications for the following position: Harvesting Manager – Scottish Woodlands – Dumfries – SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND

Celebrating excellence and innovation

An inspirational Wood Awards showcased even greater daring and diversity in wood building and product design, writes Timber Development UK sustainability and project manager Lucy Bedry

Super-charged carbon guzzlers

Genetically modified trees could be a global warming game changer, writes Mike Jeffree

Timber Trader – KDM Timber & Forest Products

KDM International Ltd, established in 1975, is one of the UK’s leading softwood timber importers. Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, the…

Softwood sector seeks glimmers of light

The International Softwood Conference convened in challenging times for the industry looking for prospects of market improvement. Keith Fryer of Fort Builders Merchants, who moderated the event, reports

Global forests need global governance and market recognition

The new Broader Market Recognition Coalition is a key practical development to incentivise and deliver strong tropical forest governance, writes David Hopkins, Timber Development UK chief executive

Positive political difference for forest industry

The UK forestry minister is working closely with the industry to support its development and now a sector deal with government is in prospect, reports Confor chief executive Stuart Goodall

Women in timber engineering an award winning strategy

Nick Boulton, chief executive of the Trussed Rafter Association, shares his views on how diversity in the workforce is changing for the better

Stepping up to safety act

The Building Safety Act is billed as the biggest overhaul of UK construction regulation in 40 years. Chief executive Andrew Carpenter shares the Structural Timber Association’s response and its view on implications for wood-based building

End to end joinery experience

Keys to success for joinery businesses large and small are pricing, marketing and taking the consumers’ product perspective, writes industry veteran Roy Wakeman