After six years and nearly £500,000, fears have been aired over the future of the Shotley pier restoration.

Demand for British wine is up domestically but at the same time, Brexit has led to a shortage of seasonal workers, increased costs and red tape. / Across the country, similar problems have disrupted businesses since Britain fully left the European Union in January.

The BWF is urging its members and the wider wood-using industries to prepare for changes coming with the end of the Brexit transition period at the end of December.

Building materials are running short in the UK, leaving DIY projects in doubt and building companies under pressure.

This briefing note ... provides rural business owners with a detailed framework for the steps which will need to be taken and where you can find more information relating to the import and export of timber and timber products and has been independently compiled by CLA experts.

Any farmer looking to buy timber this spring is in for a shock.

BREXIT and the pandemic have left Fife Council short of everything from timber, bricks and plastics to food, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and microchips – and the disruption is "likely to get worse".

HOUSING developers have been warned to expect higher costs and longer building schedules because of supply chain delays related to Covid and Brexit.

But CPA says ‘supply chains are generally slow to change’

With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.

Soaring demand, the impact of Brexit, as well as climate change and the forest fire threats seen in North America and Europe are the 'perfect storm' behind the extreme shortages.

Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.

So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.

Difficulties with logistics, trade with Northern Ireland, and the time and cost to fill out customs and due diligence paperwork are adding pressure to an already tight timber supply chain, a survey by the TTF has found.

Despite this trade agreement, Timber Trade Federation importer members still must complete import procedures and due diligence when importing timber from the EU.

Global Traceability explains what the new UK Timber Regulation will mean for UK businesses. / “That means that a lot more UK timber importers after Brexit will have to undertake due diligence, many of them for the first time”

The Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) has warned of unprecedented prices and availability of raw materials and predicts these will affect the packaging and pallet market until at least the middle of this year.

Government source reportedly says there are concerns extra red tape could fuel further inflation.

Cost of labour in Britain up by 30% since referendum, double rise in some EU countries, research finds.

The UK is facing a six-month shortage in its timber supply, according to the Timber Trade Federation

A guide to understanding the impact of the UK’s departure from the EU, for companies who import and export wood products between the UK and EU.

Preferred by Nature has launched a guide for practitioners to understand the impact on wood and wood products trade following the UK’s departure from the EU.

Shortages of cardboard and timber have created extra pressures on the sector.

Keith Cooper examines how access and scaffolding companies are coping with the twin crises of rising material costs and labour shortages.

As the construction supply chain is crippled, homeowners' plans are falling by the wayside.