Our view on Beeching cuts and timber access: what the railway report establishes, which claims need further evidence, and how to assess a timber project today.
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National Sawmills news covers company updates, demonstration announcements and our perspectives on timber processing. Browse the articles below and check each publication date, particularly when reading an event announcement.
Project accounts describe the material and circumstances of a particular job. Commentary sets out our views; it should be read alongside the evidence cited in the article.
For practical planning, explore our tree-to-timber guides. For completed and reported jobs, visit Case Studies. You can also enquire about current demonstrations.
Our view on Beeching cuts and timber access: what the railway report establishes, which claims need further evidence, and how to assess a timber project today.
Before industrialisation, Britain operated on distributed timber systems. Today, Britain still grows millions of tonnes of timber annually, yet imports roughly 80% of what it uses. How did we get here?
To understand why Britain struggles to use its own timber, you have to look at how land was historically organised. Not just physically — but socially.