A BSW employee is in the running to be one of the strongest men in the country. David Ramplee, who works at BSW Newbridge Mill, has competed in the Wales’ Strongest Man contest for the last three years.
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Ministers of the UK and Scottish Governments, and leaders of the five councils of the Borderlands Partnership, recently signed off Heads of Terms for the £394.5m Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal, which includes proposed investment in rural development.
One of the UK's leading forest nurseries becomes part of the BSW Group.
BSW Timber had an evening at the awards last week as representatives visited Carlisle College as sponsors of the annual Carlisle College Awards Evening.
BSW has donated over 2,500 logs to the BEAM installation, a multi-sensory experience at this year’s Glastonbury Festival which has been designed by award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress.
BSW Timber, the UK’s largest sawmilling business, showcased its new IRO range at last month’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show by helping to promote wellness in nature as timber partners and sponsors of a collaborative installation called LAND.
A team of Tilhill Forestry's in-house ecologists have been checking BSW Carlisle for the presence of some rather slippery neighbours.
BSW Timber Dalbeattie has welcomed some international visitors this week.
Students and tutors from Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri visited the Dalbeattie site on Wednesday.
BSW Timber Southampton has recently been awarded a much-coveted BM Trada certificate.
BSW Timber is now the proud sponsor of the U14 Kilmallie Shinty team.
BSW Timber has donated 25 sawn sleepers to veteran’s charity Veterans Growth.
Primary School Pupils in Badenoch can participate in playtime pond-watching again thanks in part to the efforts of BSW Timber’s Boat of Garten mill.
Katie has been an apprentice with BSW for 18 months and is one of only three female saw doctors in Europe. We heard how she got the job, what it entails and what life’s like as one of Europe’s elite.
BSW Timber has donated the materials to build a new playground Gazebo for Earlston Primary School.
Apprentices from BSW Timber’s Fort William sawmill have been involved in the construction of a pergola project.
Finlay Carson MSP visited BSW Timber’s Dalbeattie based sawmill on Friday 8th March as part of the National Apprentice Week campaign.
A group of students from one of America’s most prestigious colleges have visited BSW’s Boat of Garten mill.
BSW Timber has partnered with Roderick James Architects (RJA) to complete a remarkable building project which saw ex-offenders put to work.
UK-LV relations were brought to the forefront of this year’s Christmas celebrations at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Lancaster House, where a 13ft spruce tree was installed after being transported over 1,500 miles from Valka, Latvia.
BSW Group, the UK’s leading integrated forestry and timber company, has acquired Alvic Plastics Limited into its company group following a long-standing relationship with the organisation.
12th August marks International Youth Day, a global awareness day initiated by the UN General Assembly in 1999. It serves as an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change.
Although based in Carlisle, Tony Lockey spends most of his time in various BSW mills helping to manage the learning and developing needs of the business. Tony is the Group Learning and Development Manager responsible for the training requirements of BSW's 1,300 employees.
BSW Timber, the UK’s leading integrated forestry and timber company, has announced its latest investment of €40m in Slovenia, constructing a new sawmill, CHP plant and pellet manufacturing facility which will see the creation of 170 new jobs.
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Today is the International Day of Forests, a day to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and trees, and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and protect us.
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, BSW recently attended Inverness College for a career day aimed at promoting the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) industries and apprentice opportunities across the company.
BSW Timber recently participated in the Wood for Good initiative to establish an environmental product declaration (EPD) for its kiln dried construction timber.
George McRobbie, Managing Director of Tilhill Forestry, has today announced the final stage of Tilhill Forestry’s integration into the BSW Group. The last stage involves combining the BSW Sawmi...
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BSW Timber has just unveiled a brand new range of garden fence panels that has been introduced to complement its existing fencing components.
BSW Timber has kick-started a major investment programme in its material handling equipment by commissioning eight new Bulmor side-loader vehicles for its sawmill in Newbridge-on-Wye, Powys.
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BSW Timber Group, the UK’s largest fully-integrated forestry company, has just unveiled a brand new domestic acoustic fence panel system.
An Inverness College student won a Tilhill Forestry Award last month for his report on woodland creation.
‘Leaf Room’ at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Provides Spectacular Outdoor Showcase for Homegrown Scottish Timber
Two BSW graduates attended the Developing the Young Workforce Industry Group (DYWIG) launch last week as the company showed support for the employment strategy.
BSW Timber picked up an award for its commitment to helping young people last month – and just missed out on being an overall winner at the Highland Business Awards.
BSW Timber has become the first UK sawmiller to generate electricity from biomass fuel with the commissioning of a £2.5 million Combined Heat and Power (CHP) boiler at its Carlisle mill.
Tilhill have released their latest Timber Bulletin report.
Tilhill Forestry recently hosted the sixth Forest Industry Mountain Bike Challenge in Coed Llandegla, North Wales, as an array of competitors from the forest industry travelled to take part.
Tilhill Forestry celebrated a fifth James Jones trophy for new commercial woodlands at the Finest Woods Awards in Scotland last month.
A brand new fuel for wood fired pizza ovens which burns longer, hotter and cleaner than traditional firewood is now available nationwide.
A brand new room for the care of orphaned wildlife has opened at Secret World Wildlife Rescue. Local businesses and volunteers who donated materials and time to construct the facility were delighted t...
