Category: Modern Joinery News

Timber window and door manufacturer Allan Brothers has pledged to pay its workers the ‘Real Living Wage’ at its Ord Road factory in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The company, which employs 87 staff, is the first manufacturing business in Berwick-upon-Tweed (and the third in Northumberland) to sign up to this voluntary benchmark, which is set by the Living… Continue reading Allan Brothers setting the benchmark

In response to last week’s King’s speech at the State Opening of Parliament, the Structural Timber Association (STA) called on the new Labour Government to recognise that delivering its manifesto pledge of building 1.5 million homes will require a significant change in focus and a rapid shift towards more sustainable building technologies, primarily offsite timber… Continue reading Structural Timber key to Government’s new homes pledge, says STA

Did you know that as well as providing award winning hardware to the Fenestration Sector, CiiLOCK Engineering also offers a bespoke design service? The CiiLOCK Team possesses exceptional knowledge of the latest prototyping, design, manufacturing and testing methods, enabling the company to transform your “wish list” into a unique solution tailored to your requirements. From… Continue reading A bespoke service from CiiLOCK

Leading low-carbon developers called on the next Government to ‘kickstart a timber revolution’ at the recent UK Timber Design Conference in London. More than 200 developers, local authorities, insurers, engineers, architects, contractors and manufacturers gathered at Timber Development UK’s (TDUK) inaugural UK Timber Design Conference to hear from industry leaders. Opening the event, Richard Walker… Continue reading Calls to ‘kickstart a timber revolution’

Spittlywood, a bespoke joinery company based in Kent and Joinery Network member, specialise in wooden windows and doors, traditional, modern and contemporary wooden staircases, and handmade furniture including fitted wooden wardrobes. The Ashford-based company has recently made some major updates to its website. The website, www.spittlywood.com, has undergone some major additions, including landing pages for… Continue reading Website updates for Kent-based joinery company

Putting her best foot forward, Katie Bregazzi, Board Director at Balls2 Marketing, has taken part in the Derby Race for Life, raising £575 for Cancer Research UK. Katie took part in the race during a week that marked ten years since she lost her dad to stomach cancer. More than tripling what she was hoping… Continue reading Balls2 Marketing Director goes the extra mile for charity

Erin Woodger, developer of the Woodge software, provides readers with the latest updates and why woodworkers should be adding this piece of software should be added to your arsenal. The Woodge software is enabling bespoke woodworking companies to gain control of their business by having all their information in one place. They are able to… Continue reading A central hub for woodworking companies

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