5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (215+ words) MERCEDES-BENZ Trucks UK has appointed a new Unimog specialist partner in the north-west of England." Lancashire-based Multevo takes on the designation following a successful two-year spell as part of the manufacturer's Unimog Authorised Repairers network. It marks renewed expansion for…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (11+ words) Forestry firm makes 'significant investment' in own machinery and staff'Forestry Journal...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (612+ words) From Sitka brash to steaming Meindls, our jobbing young forestry contractor reflects on wet-season burnout, fair dealing with farmers, and moonlighting in a kilt to address the haggis. IF every job on earth paid the same amount per day, what…...

56+ min ago  (533+ words) SCIENTISTS are aiming to grow 4, 500 trees at a national park with the help of fertiliser made from urine collected from festivalgoers. The fertiliser was created by Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery, which connected their unit to a block of toilets used…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (265+ words) TP Woodchippers has appointed RT Machinery as an authorised full-line dealer in a significant move that marks the beginning of a major UK-wide dealer network expansion. The signing of RT Machinery for London and the Home Counties is the first…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (249+ words) FULL approval has been granted in the UK for a large pine weevil-targeting insecticide - in the hopes of providing essential protection to Sitka spruce and other at-risk species. Lanzarta has been given the green light for use in forest nurseries…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (276+ words) REGULATORS have renewed approval for creosote as a wood preservative " but only for tightly defined "safety'critical" uses and with a clear signal that phase'out is on the way. Under a new decision by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (287+ words) A RECORD fine for illegally felling trees has been handed out to a landowner in Leicestershire, the Forestry Commission has said. Motor Fuel Ltd, based at the corner of Ashby Road and Snells Nook Lane in Loughborough, was ordered to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (231+ words) A High Wycombe organisation is at the heart of a major shake'up in the UK's building compliance sector after a national certification group completed a significant merger last month. Cleaner Safer Group (CSG), the parent body behind HETAS and Woodsure,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (598+ words) Campfires and barbecues have been banned from a national park amid fears over wildfires. A new byelaw came into effect on 1 April in Cairngorms National Park, prohibiting unauthorised fires lit by visitors to the area. Park bosses say that rogue…...