Supplying Timber Issue 9 0 - Autumn 2025 - Flipbook - Page 26
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WHY NOW IS THE TIME
TO BACK BRITISH TIMBER
Neil Horton, Sales Director at BSW Timber, explains why BSW
Timber is backing British timber following the relaunch of the
Timber in Construction Roadmap.
T
THE MARKET
he conversation
around sustainable
construction is
continuing to
get louder – and rightly so.
At BSW Group, we believe
that the relaunch of the UK
Government’s Timber in
Construction (TiC) Roadmap
is not just timely, it’s essential.
We have a clear opportunity to
reshape our built environment
using British timber as a
cornerstone of low-carbon
construction.
For years, our focus has
been on securing the timber
supply chain. Now, with global
timber pricing and supply
increasingly volatile, the logic
for using homegrown timber is
stronger than ever. Prioritising
British wood isn’t just an
environmental choice – it’s
an economic and strategic
decision.
The TiC Roadmap provides the
kind of direction and ambition
our industry has been asking
for. It charts a path toward
greater self-su昀케ciency, laying
out plans that will crucially
involve an increase in the
planting of productive softwood
trees and scale up domestic
timber production. These are
not just targets – they are
imperatives for reducing our
reliance on imports, which
currently make up a huge 80%
of UK timber usage (worth
£9 billion).
Timber is one of the most
e昀昀ective tools we have
to reduce emissions in
construction. Larger buildings
can store up to 400% more
carbon when built out of
With global timber
pricing and supply
being increasingly
volatile, the logic for
using homegrown
timber is stronger
than ever.
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