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What Advice Can I Give My Customers Concerning The Correct Care And Treatment Of Timber Doors On Site?

When supplying internal doors to a newly constructed building, it is advisable to instruct your customer in good practice that will ensure the good performance of the doors...

Wood Awards Extends Entry Deadline To 3rd June 2011

With increasing interest and in response to popular request, the Wood Awards has announced that the deadline for architecture and furniture entries has been extended by one week to 3rd June. As ... Read more »

What Are The Requirements For Setting Up Scaffolds?

Within a workshop environment temporary work carried out at height should be minimal. There may be a need to access areas at height for maintenance purposes or for access to stored materials...

What Needs To Be Considered For The Changes To Part L 2013?

BWF members such as yourselves frequently use our Member and Technical Helplines for assistance on a wide range of Employment, Health and Safety, Pay and Technical issues. We’re putting up ... Read more »

When Should I Check My Woodworking Machinery?

Readers of News Update, and members who regularly log-in to the BWF website, will be aware that the cost of workplace injuries involving woodworking equipment can be devastating in both financial ... Read more »

Preparing for the Changes to Come

For many of you, you may not be aware that the BWF has already have helped its members with some of the recent changes, such as getting U-Values for their windows, helping them through redundancy ... Read more »

How Do I Retire An Employee?

The keener 'Join In' readers amongst you may recognise that we've previously featured this dilemma in our Question of the Week slot, but the imminent phasing out of the Default Retirement Age ... Read more »

How Can I Show That My Products Are Fit For Purpose?

Regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 2010 is concerned with materials and workmanship. The Approved Document to this regulation describes how Regulation 7 will be met where products, components...

Calling All Members! Are You Using Social Media?

In the Join In 18th March 2011, we explored how you can use the web and social media as an income generator, but we know many of you are already using some of these tools for your business ... Read more »

Research shows Apprentices Contribute £40 For Every £1 Invested By Government

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has released the findings of a research project that show Apprentices contribute £40 to the UK Economy for every £1 invested ... Read more »