Category: Modern Joinery News

Erin Woodger explains how his Mentor to Freedom programme is designed to help small to medium sized joiners. The Mentor to Freedom programme, aimed at small to medium sized joiners, is having a huge impact, helping owners bring a real structure to their businesses. This month we have been focusing on learning to delegate well… Continue reading ‘Step away from the day to day’

Entries have now opened for the British Woodworking Federation’s (BWF) Awards, with the event set to recognise and celebrate the outstanding skills and talent, projects and manufacturing achievements within the woodworking and joinery sector of the last year. This is the 16th year that the awards have taken place, with this year marking the launch… Continue reading Entries for 16th BWF Awards now open

For some time, CiiLOCK Engineering, the Stafford-based company who has its own hardware system specifically for timber bi-folds, had wanted to support a local charity in order to try and give back to the local community within Stoke-on-Trent. The company decided on the Gingerbread Centre, a centre which takes homeless families with children. CiiLOCK recently… Continue reading CiiLOCK aims to ‘give back’ to local community

Big Shots, the annual charity clay pigeon shoot organised in aid of The Furniture Makers’ Company, has raised £42,000 – the largest amount in recorded memory. The 29th edition of the fundraiser, which is supported by Furniture Village, was once again held at Holland & Holland in Northwood, Middlesex, with around 150 shooters making up… Continue reading Clay pigeon shoot for Furniture Makers’ Company raises record amount

With increased interest in The Joinery Network, the team are looking at creating a big event later in the year to coincide with the AGM. “Systemisation has always been the key to success with The Joinery Network. The founder directors created and tested the Lignum timber window and door system, and have continued to develop… Continue reading COMING SOON: The Joinery Network event not to be missed

Leitz Tooling has introduced a new joinery tool to its range, the HeliCut Monoblock – for stable milling and drilling within one joinery tooling solution. Taking the concept of shrink fit collets chucks one step further, this tool boasts a monolithic design, making the tool very stable and dampening vibrations for lower noise and longer… Continue reading Leitz Tooling launches new tooling solution

As part of our new feature where we get to know members of the joinery sector, we’re speaking to the Joinery Network’s Business Co-Ordinator Teresa Humphries, on first impressions of the industry, what it looks like now from her point of view, plus her best and worst parts of the job. Name: Teresa Humphries Job… Continue reading ‘A passionate and knowledgeable’ industry

Steve Winscott, Managing Director at Nine Zero Timber Windows and Doors, discusses sustainability both in-house and trends being seen by its customers. Nine Zero is a manufacturer of bespoke timber windows and doors. The business was founded in 2017, merging 30 years of business and joinery experience at what we saw as just the right… Continue reading Sustainably speaking

The Kelly’s Heroes Climb Kilimanjaro team have reached a significant milestone recently after reaching £27,000 raised, over half way towards their target of £50,000. 16 ‘Heroes’, which includes Founder Partner of the Joinery Network Andy Ball and 14 others, are taking on Mount Kilimanjaro in September to raise funds for the mental health and suicide… Continue reading Kelly’s Heroes Climb Kilimanjaro team reach £27,000 raised

Joinery Network Partner Owen Dare, who has over 40 years’ experience working in the industry, is no stranger to running his own business, having provided his services through OT Dare Joinery Consultants for the past six years and Director of The Joinery Network. But away from the day job, Owen is also running in the… Continue reading Dare to run