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Follow the latest news and views from across the timber industry.
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Thinking Inside the Square
Peter Fisher, Director at Bennetts Associates, explores the design and material decisions behind London’s ambitious new campus at Timber Square. When Landsec set the brief for Timber Square in 2019, it was unusually clear. The design was to prioritise reuse,…
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Combilift’s 100,000th Forklift Raises €100,000 for Global Children’s Charity
Global materials handling leader Combilift has celebrated a major manufacturing milestone by transforming its 100,000th forklift into a powerful force for good, raising and donating €100,000 to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund to support children in crisis worldwide.…
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Maximising Space, Minimising Compromise
Storage specialists Wickens Engineering explain how bespoke racking and mezzanine systems are helping timber traders to ‘do more with less.’ In today’s timber and builders’ merchant sector, storage is no longer just about finding room for stock, it’s about optimising…
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Embedding Supply Chain Confidence
SCA Wood have a long history of providing Swedish sawn timber products across the world and innovating its manufacturing and timber processing methods, to find out more about this and UK market dynamics, we spoke to SCA Wood UK’s Managing…
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HUBTEX Wins 2025 Archie Award
The UK Material Handling Association (UKMHA) has honoured HUBTEX this year with the Archie Award for Operational Efficiency for the HUBTEX PhoeniX electric multidirectional sideloader. At a manufacturer of plastics and polymer solutions, the truck delivered higher efficiency, ergonomic improvements…
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Beatsons Building Supplies acquires Orchard Timber
Beatsons Building Supplies has acquired Orchard Timber Products following the company’s administration under National Timber Group. This acquisition strengthens Beatsons’ presence across Scotland and allows us to build on Orchard Timber Products’ established reputation for quality timber, flooring, doors, and joinery products. Our…
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Durability is Everything
The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is urging online buyers of pre-treated timber fence posts to make sure the product they are looking at is fit for purpose before they click the ‘buy’ button. Research by the WPA has highlighted a…
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Has Mass Timber Become Marmite?
Andy Heyne, Founding Director at Heyne Tillett Steel, picks out some of the key arguments that divide current opinion most, and offers some thoughts about how to converge and create consensus on its use. This year I celebrated my thirtieth…
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Bridging the Skills Gap
The construction industry is facing an unprecedented challenge when it comes to skills. Alex Goodfellow, CEO at Donaldson Offsite, explains how Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) is using targeted training to address the crisis. With experienced tradespeople retiring faster than they…
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Premier Forest takes over two former Arnold Laver sites
Premier Forest are pleased to announce that they have acquired two Arnold Laver locations from the administrators of the National Timber Group England. The move secures 36 jobs at the two sites, with plans to increase that number to over…
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