Confor has welcomed the Prime Minister’s renewed tree planting commitment – but stressed that new figures show how difficult delivering this will be. After Boris Johnson included the target of planting 30,000 hectares of trees every year in his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, Confor Chief Executive Stuart Goodall said: “The forestry […]Read More
James William Burnett from Bedfordshire has won Tilhill’s 2020 Award for ‘Best Dissertation’ on the BSc (Hons) Forestry and Woodland Management course at the University of Cumbria. The Award was presented to James via an online public webinar by Stuart Pearson, Tilhill’s North & Central England Regional Manager. Tilhill awarded James with a specially carved […]Read More
Forestry Minister Lord Goldsmith has urged farmers and landowners to join a “colossal endeavour” to deliver a huge increase in tree planting in England, to meet targets and deliver a wide range of economic and environmental benefits. The Forestry Minister was speaking at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry and Tree […]Read More
Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) has received confirmation of funding amounting to £182,000 from the Forestry Commission for undertaking a large woodland creation project in Hertfordshire. The new publicly accessible woodland will be known as Potters Chase Wood, and will occupy part of a seventy-two hectare rural site located to the east of Potters Bar and […]Read More
Forestry, timber harvesting and landscaping company Tilhill has seen a record number of entries into their yearly graduate programme. The scheme enables graduates to join the forestry team at one of their offices across the country as an Assistant Forest Manager. They then build up their knowledge through being trained, mentored and encouraged by the […]Read More
The Welsh Government has been urged to invest in planting millions more trees to show it is serious about tackling the damaging impact of climate change. Confor, which represents 1500 forestry and wood-using businesses across the UK, backed calls by Environment Minister Lesley Griffiths for a “collective response” to the climate emergency, declared by […]Read More
David Sulman, of the Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor), discusses the case for recovering more bark from UK harvesting operations. When people think of forest products, many may not think of bark, which is a significant product in its own right, together with sawn timber, sawdust and wood chips. The processing of bark represents a major and […]Read More
More than 10,000 hectares of new woodland have been planted in Scotland for the first time in almost 20 years, it was announced recently. Confor h as welcomed the figures – 11,200 hectares of new planting, up from 7,100 the previous year – and called on the forestry industry to maintain the momentum and drive on […]Read More
Tilhill Forestry has announced that further targeted grant funding to support native woodland planting and restoration schemes within a ‘green corridor’ alongside the course of the HS2 railway in England will be available from March 2019 to March 2023. The HS2 Woodland Fund initiallyopened on a ‘first come, first served’ basis in February 2018, with an […]Read More
Först, a supplier of woodchippers, has expanded its UK operation with the opening of a new 10,000 square foot depot in Doncaster following aperiod of significant growth. The new depot will not only have a sales team presence to give existing and new customers in the north of England enhanced levels of customer service, but […]Read More
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