Why become a BWF member?
It's at times like these that membership of the British Woodworking Federation really counts.
Don't wait till it's too late. Join now. It will be the best investment you make all year.
- Free technical helpline
- Free advice on employment and industrial relations
- Free advice on Health & Safety
- Free credit checking service to help manage your business risks
- Tailored insurance deals with heavy discounts
- Free advice on environmental issues like sustainability and waste management
- Free advice on legal and contractual issues
- Free advice on taxation
- Free training opportunities through the WITForum
Do you wish you had more resources? We're offering a whole range of services (we call them Total Support Services) which provide state of the art resources at fantastic value for money:
- Achieving Chain of Custody
- Achieving ISO 9001:2008 QMS
- Achieving Window Energy Ratings/U-values
- Product Testing
- Achieving Health & Safety compliance
- Better value insurance
- Technical consultancy for dispute negotiation
- Achieving ISO 14001 EMS
Call us now to join on 0844 209 2610 - we're here to help. Or fill in a registration application
Membership benefits
- Puts you at the heart of the woodworking and joinery industry
- Brings you extra customers from your 'Find a Supplier' listing on our website
- Gives you the benefit of our PR, publicity and advertising in national, local and trade press to publicise our work and raise customer awareness of our members, their products and services
- Gives your company the added credibility and competitive edge of Code of Conduct compliance
- Gives you access to third party accreditation schemes, in many cases at beneficial rates, which provide further assurance of a quality of service, manufacture and sourcing (BWF-CERTIFIRE Scheme, TWA Scheme and Chain of Custody, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 etc).
- Keeps you up to date with legislative and technical issues, as well as providing early warnings of initiatives which could affect working practices and your bottom line
- Allows you to take advantage of our leading role in the revision and development of Buildings Regulations, UK and European and joinery standards, industry standards and specifications, where we seek to advance the merits and use of joinery products
- Keeps you in touch with the latest developments in product standards, technology and innovation through our fortnightly News Updates
- Gives you free access to the BWF Helpline providing legislative, technical and commercial advice on a confidential basis to individual members. The advice is usually conducted over the telephone followed by written confirmation. Members report saving hundreds, or thousands, of pounds from this free service
- Gives you access to written guides on a wide range of business and industry specific topics.
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