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A collaborative innovation project, aimed at helping to tackle the UK housing crisis by using industrialised offsite solutions to deliver high-quality homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes, has been awarded funding under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, administered by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Software development specialist Ten-25, which has been developing business software for timber and builders’ merchants since 1981, has appointed Bal Gill as business development manager.

Over 200 international softwood producers, traders and their customers from across the supply chain gathered in London for the Timber Trade Federation’s annual UK Softwood Conference earlier this month.

Modified timber business LIGNIA Wood Company has announced a new distribution partnership with Global Timber covering much of Europe and South East Asia.

The Wood Awards: Excellence in British Architecture and Product Design has launched its call for entries for the 2019 awards.

Södra has officially launched Södra Wood (Ireland) Ltd, demonstrating the company’s investment in and commitment to the Northern and Southern Irish market.

Futurebuild has been announced as an official UK Government Innovation Partner and will host ‘The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Innovation Zone’.

Promoting timber’s health and wellbeing benefits is the focus for Wood for Good’s next marketing summit.

SterlingOSB sales growth has led wood panel manufacturer, Norbord, to plough £35m into the second phase of development at its factory in Inverness, Scotland.

A new timber frame business has opened in Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales.