TDUK Trade Note: CE Marking and Declaration Responsibilities for Fire-Retardant Treated Wood Products

TDUK Trade Note: CE Marking and Declaration Responsibilities for Fire-Retardant Treated Wood Products
by Jennie Ward|21 May 25|Build, Supply
As part of its new remit as the Construction Products Regulator, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has been contacting companies across the timber supply chain – including some Timber Development UK (TDUK) members – to check compliance around fire retardant (FR) treated wood-based products.
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TDUK Trade Note: USA Reciprocal Tariffs
by Jennie Ward|07 April 25|Build, Supply
The announcement from the USA to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners is no great surprise, but what will it mean for the UK wood sector and what retaliation could we see from the UK Government and the EU commission?
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Timber Topics April 2025 | Understand your decking products
by Jennie Ward|01 April 25|Build, Supply
The trend for outdoor living and making the most of our outside spaces shows no sign of slowing down. For builders’ and timber merchants, this translates into big business, with decking and garden landscaping products becoming an increasingly significant percentage of summer sales. That’s why, with Easter fast approaching, now...
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TDUK Trade Note: Changing Log Supplies
by Jennie Ward|19 March 25|Build, Supply
Pressures on European Spruce supply mean more Pine and other species are entering the construction supply chain. What does this mean for Merchants and others?
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Timber Topics March 2025 | Check your batten stock meets the standard
by Jennie Ward|07 March 25|Build, Supply
TDUK is offering advice on how to ensure the timber battens you stock, sell and use are fit for purpose, after warnings from The National Federation of Roofing Contractors that sub-standard battens are circulating in the UK. These are ‘marked, coloured and sold as being BS 5534 compliant’, despite being...
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TDUK Trade Note: EU Anti-Dumping Investigation
by Jennie Ward|16 December 24|Build, Supply
This statement seeks to inform Timber Development UK (TDUK) members of the latest updates regarding the EU’s Anti-Dumping investigation on hardwood-faced Plywood from China.
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TDUK Trade Note: Transition of Fire Door Testing Away from the National Standard BS.476 Series
by Jennie Ward|31 October 24|Build, Supply
This statement seeks to inform Timber Development UK (TDUK) members of the latest updates regarding the transition of Fire Door Testing away from BS.476.
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TDUK Trade Note: New DEFRA requirements on Cedar imports
by Jennie Ward|24 October 24|Supply
New Plant Health Requirements are being planned for imports of Cedar wood (Thuja spp.), which includes Western Red Cedar being imported from Canada. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has is proposing to bring legislation on the requirements before Parliament in early January, with the aim that...
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Update from CEI-Bois
EUDR Update from CEI-Bois
by Jennie Ward|30 September 24|Policy, Supply
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Timber and Fire Building Regulations
Timber and Fire Building Regulations
by Edinburgh Napier University|12 September 24|Build
All new buildings, and existing multi-occupied buildings, must comply with the fire performance requirements set out by relevant national building regulations. The requirements are only met if a structure is correctly designed and its components manufactured and built to required standards.
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