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Voting launched in the 25th anniversary year of the TTJ Awards
people can gather once again in this 25th anniversary celebration.”
Above left: The new TTJ Awards website Above right: A new award – Timber Garden Products Supplier of the Year – is being launched
Voting has started in the 25th anniversary TTJ Awards, which this year will be a hybrid event featuring an in-person event in central London and live-streaming to a wider digital audience.
As well as the voting going live on May
10, a new TTJ Awards website – https://
awards-ttj.ttjonline.com – has been launched containing a voting link and entry forms for the judged categories. 2021 represents the 25th anniversary for the TTJ Awards and the team is working
hard to make the occasion on September 17 a successful, safe and memorable event. “After surveying the industry about returning to in-person events and monitoring the government’s Covid-19 roadmap and infection rates, we are planning a physical event allied with livestreaming to a wider digital audience,” said TTJ editor Stephen Powney. “We will continue to monitor the situation closely and adapt our event model if necessary. But we are hopeful that
Lathams extends Irish service offering
James Latham Ltd has expanded its Irish service offer following the opening of a bulk timber distribution business just outside of Dublin. The company has taken on the stocks and sales team of hardwoods supplier Tradewoods, and will now operate under the Lathams Direct Timber brand (LDT), trading as LDT Ireland, based out of the existing warehouse and premises in Naul.
LDT is one of the UK’s largest hardwood timber importers and was set up by Lathams to provide customers with easier access to hardwoods, direct from the port. “When the opportunity arose to purchase the Tradewoods stocks and set up a new outlet in Naul it made sense as it allows us to more easily serve the Irish market,” said Andy Duffin, timber director at Lathams. “It also expands our supply chain
relationships and adds new products to our portfolio.
“Our LDT business makes it much more straightforward for customers to purchase hardwoods and softwoods. Because we offer landed stock, they have faster access to materials and don’t have to worry about managing shipping and customs requirements and costs.”
The stock range includes temperate and tropical species. Over time, further products will be added to the LDT Ireland range to bring the offer in line with the existing LDT business. These will include Accoya and the WoodEx branded engineered timber, as well as a range of European hardwoods.
Lathams said the market was currently volatile but it would endeavour to secure the volumes required to service this valuable market.
□ The Institute of Builders’ Merchants (IoBM) has merged with the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), to be separately managed and operate as a brand within the BMF. At the IoBM AGM/SGM held on April 27, members approved the merger that will give the Institute access to wider resources and personnel whilst retaining its own management body. The new arrangement, effective from May 1 2021, sees the assets, activities and membership of the IoBM transferred to the BMF.
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A new category is being launched this year in the voted for section: Timber Garden Product Supplier of the Year This new award is in recognition of the massive industry which manufactures and supplies garden products including fencing, decking, landscaping timbers, sheds, garden structures and garden furniture. This sector saw great demand in 2020 as homeowners invested in their gardens.
Nearly 1,000 votes were registered in the online voting process in 2020 from a wide range of timber trade customers, including merchants, joinery manufacturers, structural timber systems suppliers, architects, building contractors, garden product producers and furniture makers. “We are restarting several of our judged categories after postponing these categories during 2020,” added Mr Powney. “These will be the Career Development awards, Excellence in Marketing and Environmental Achievement.”
TTF sets softwood demand in context
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has released a market statement to put the current softwood demand and supply situation into context. The market statement provides a slightly longer perspective by taking a look at the data on volume and average cost price of softwood per cubic metre over the last three years.
These statistics show more softwood was imported into the UK in 2020 (6.608 million m3 million m3
) than in either 2019 (6.394 ) or 2018 (6.594 million m3
).
“The surge in demand for construction materials means customers may not be able to purchase timber as readily off the shelves as they have been used to,” said TTF chief executive David Hopkins. “We advise users of timber to work closely with suppliers on their purchasing strategies, and to take a forward-looking perspective on securing supplies. “In our view the market position should be phrased as a demand rather than as a supply situation. Timber is still being imported and produced at high volumes,” he said.
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