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Timber window and door manufacturer Allan Brothers has launched its latest campaign to promote wooden products at the National Home Building & Renovating...

Major U.S. lumber exporter receives Presidential "E" Award for Exports at May 17, 2012 White House ceremony to recognize the company's contributions to the expansion of U.S. exports.

(UPM Tilhill, London, 15 May 2012 ) – UPM Tilhill is a headline sponsor at this year’s Chartered Institute of Foresters’ National Conference.

IQPC’s 10th Timberland Investment World Summit explores timberland investment opportunities in emerging markets, current market supply and demand, and lumber/timber price correlation

Timber window and door manufacturer Allan Brothers has launched its latest campaign to promote wooden products at the National Home Building & Renovating...

FRA has welcomed a report from Investorplace.com, claiming that timber prices are not set to fall in 2013, making the asset class a good bet for investors looking to diversify this year.

The latest prediction from investment guru Jeremy Grantham that timber will outperform all other asset classes in the coming seven years has been welcomed by FRA.

Despite slower economic growth than recent years, Brazil still offers investors some very attractive opportunities, according to AAA.

FRA has claimed that the modern-day timber scavengers and 'treasure-hunters' prove that timber is growing in demand and value.

(UPM Tilhill, Edinburgh, 12 July 2012) – UPM Tilhill is celebrating after winning the top accolade at The Scottish Finest Woods Awards in recognition of their work on a large-scale planting operation involving around 900,000 trees.

New figures from Wood Resources Quarterly show that China’s wood imports have increased hugely over the past ten years - which is great news for those investing in sustainable forestry, claims FRA.

Major U.S. lumber exporter receives Presidential "E" Award for Exports at May 17, 2012 White House ceremony to recognize the company's contributions to the expansion of U.S. exports.

(UPM Tilhill, North Wales, 10 May 2012 ) – A team from UPM Tilhill’s North Wales office proved their community spirit when they donated their skills for the day to help the local church.

(UPM Tilhill, London, 15 May 2012 ) – UPM Tilhill is a headline sponsor at this year’s Chartered Institute of Foresters’ National Conference.

Carpenters With Cheshire's Leading Oak Specialists Use Ages Old Method To Create Sturdy Timber Tables For Outdoors Use

Timber and Forestry is a new internet portal designed to aid Real Estate Agents and Forestry Engineers to present their sustainable timberland and forestry properties to potential buyers. The portal is specifically useful for timberland investors.

One-year suspension of European Union sanctions against Burma is a chance to transform the country's forestry sector with civil society

FRA has said it is ‘disappointed’ to hear that the US is still regularly importing illegally logged timber from the Amazon rain forest.

Weakening lumber markets in Asia and Europe reduced demand for sawlogs in many countries late last year. As a result, log prices in a number of the major lumber-producing countries in the world fell during the second half of 2011, report the WRQ.

FRA has welcomed news that lumber prices in the US are rising off the back of a lack of credit in the lumber distribution industry.

Investment site, StreetAuthority.com, claims that there could be money to be made by investing in timber right now, as house building is set to boom in 2013, says Forestry FRA.

FRA has welcomed the introduction of new legislation in the EU that outlaws the selling of illegally sourced timber.

Finland's increased timber products expert figures show that demand for timber is set to grow, according to FRA.

A billionaire investor has this week opted to put much of his cash in forestry investments, in a move that has been welcomed by alternative and ethical investment advocates, AAA.

In a move that further underlines the attractiveness of forestry investments, according to AAA, the Pension Protection Fund is establishing a dedicated panel for forestry and agricultural investments.

An article in Money Morning, which talks about the benefits of investing in timber during economic downturns, has been welcomed by AAA.

FRA said that now is a great time to have investments in forestry as the construction industry in the US begins to recover from its long slump.

The demand for the use of wood in interiors has seen a massive revival in recent years as home buyers’ preferences have moved away from metal and glass in the home.

A new scheme to encourage construction with timber in Canada has been welcomed by AAA, which claims the scheme could boost returns for forestry investors.

FRA has signalled its support for a Seeking Alpha claiming that now is a great time to invest in timber.

UK broadcasts of new films taking viewers undercover with campaign group

Nat Geo Wild announces dates and times for UK premieres of new documentaries going undercover with environmental group

A recent column in IFAonline has been identified by AAA as a piece that will help to bring forestry investment, and alternative investment in general, further into the mainstream.

IQPC’s 10th Timberland Investment World Summit explores timberland investment opportunities in emerging markets, current market supply and demand, and lumber/timber price correlation

HUET, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of high-performance acoustic- and fire-rated timber doorsets, will be exhibiting on Stand G46 at The Sleep Event.

Welsh Oak Framed Construction Company Establishes Apprenticeship Schemes To Plug The Skills Gap

Internet marketing agency ClickThrough Marketing has been selected by builders’ merchant Selco to implement a search engine optimisation strategy to improve the company’s online visibility.

After a Quarter Century In The Timber Business David Scholes Joins Oak Framed Buildings Specialists

The news that China’s forestry resources are being managed and used effectively to generate larger output values has been welcomed by Forestry Research Associates.

TimberClick, one of the leading UK suppliers of new and used railway sleepers to the landscaping industry, has revealed new data which suggests that trade inquiries for railway sleepers has increased in 2011.

Viewers can get on the front line with the Environmental Investigation Agency

Woodsourcing.com : a new network dedicated to the timber industry professionals. Woodsourcing.com is a new business network created by professionals of the wood industry. The website provides powerful and convenient features to its community.

A new Brazilian timber investment fund has attracted support from Forestry Research Associates (FRA), the research and analysis consultancy that concentrates on the forestry industry.

James Jones & Sons Ltd. has taken delivery of new Irion sideloaders to complement its fleet of materials handling equipment supplied by Barloworld Handling Ltd, used to transport and store various timber products at its timber operations in Scotland.

Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of through a comparative analysis on the development of sawn timber mfg. industry in 31 provincial regions and 20 major cities in visualized form of data map.

According to Forestry Research Associates, China has taken over from the US as the largest consumer of wood from British Columbia in Canada.

A couple of photos from one of the Timberwise Manchester surveyors taken on a recent survey of a former hospital in Bowden, Cheshire.

Forestry Research Associated has welcomed an announcement that personal hygiene products giant Kimberly-Clarke has expanded its membership of the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Forest & Trade Network.

When a farmhouse in Salisbury, Wiltshire discovered damage to beam ends the Timberwise Sherborne team were called upon to devise and implement a sympathetic repair to the historic farmhouse.

America’s fastest growing website for self storage auction hunters, has announced that it is adding thousands of auctions to its website on a weekly basis.

Norway stands to profit from investments in moratorium-breakers

Alternative investment advocacy organization, AAA (Alternative Asset Analysis), has welcomed news that timber exports out of Canada’s New Brunswick region are set to climb this year.

Engineered timber has seen significant growth within the commercial market, but use within the residential sector is still relatively small.

The Church Commissioners are to make a major investment in US timber as part of a comprehensive restructuring of its investment strategy, in a move that has been applauded by alternative investment advocates.