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16 May 2013 - BWF members employ a substantial number of apprentices in both manufacturing and installation. As a BWF member employing an apprentice, you can ensure your company is featured on the NSCC’s Roll of Honour by sending your logo through to the NSCC. Read more...

15 May 2013 - The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier award scheme recognising, encouraging and promoting outstanding design, craftsmanship and installation in wood and, with permission from the owner, anyone associated with an eligible project can enter. Read more...

15 May 2013 - The most recent BWF State of Trade Survey results indicated a difficult Q1, but businesses are optimistic that sales will be back on track Read more...

2 May 2013 - Almost a third of inspections under the scheme have found material breaches, with hundreds of errant duty holders having been invoiced. Woodworking businesses are being targeted by rigorous inspections and your workshop could be next Read more...

26 April 2013 - The BWF Woodworking Conference (Members' Day) may be over for another year, but you can see a bit of what happened by downloading the presentations from the day. Read more...

16 April 2013 - New guidance has been published by NSCC and the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group to provide Specialist Contractors with a practical understanding of the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Read more...

15 April 2013 - As part of the consultation on the BES 6001 standard for the ‘Responsible sourcing of construction products’, BWF has expressed its views to BRE that if the standard is to achieve the same level of credibility as material stewardship schemes such as FSC and PEFC, then it would need to see some major changes. Read more...

15 April 2013 - An investigation after a worker had part of his finger cut off revealed a lack of training and supervision for employees. Serious failings in their dust extraction were also covered including towels wrapped around the top of a machine to prevent wood dust getting in the air. Read more...

9 April 2013 - With the EU Timber Regulation seemingly contradicting itself about whom is considered to be ‘First Placer’ when buying goods from outside the EU through an EU-based intermediary, BWF has been working to provide guidance for members who may be affected. Read more...

3 April 2013 - The government has announced new measures to improve the quality of Further Education (FE) college provision through the introduction of an FE Commissioner. The BWF’s Woodworking Industry Training Forum (WITForum) has been lobbying for improvement of college provision within the woodworking subjects after a patchy picture of quality across the UK. Read more...