With over 100 years of experience, Arnold Laver is a trusted name in timber and timber-based products, offering high-quality materials and expert knowledge to support construction, manufacturing, and a wide range of industries. Part of National Timber Group, Arnold Laver continues to uphold its long-standing reputation for excellence, service, and sustainability. A Rich Heritage of …

Philip Carney, Technical & Innovation Director, oversees all NTS technical and product development. He has over 30 years’ experience in construction product manufacturing, research and certification. We asked him about the NTS approach, and future NTS Solutions.   Q How do you go about developing new products? PC We work closely with our customers to …

“With the government’s ambition to build 1.5 million new homes during this parliament, NTS is focused on an off-site component offering and blended approach – ready to support our customers to allow them to build houses quicker” says Nick Kershaw, Managing Director of National Timber Systems – part of National Timber Group.   Using panelised …

National Timber Group (NTG) has appointed Ed Holder as Managing Director of NTG England.   Ed was previously managing director of specialist timber merchant SV Timber, acquired by NTG in 2022. He brings over 30 years’ experience in timber with a proven track record of driving transformational growth.   Throughout his career Ed has been …

NTG Cladding Manager Phil Nash leads our specialist NORclad cladding division. He is also a director of the Timber Decking and Cladding Association (TDCA), the UK advisory body for timber decking and timber cladding industries.   Q What does the TDCA do? PN The TDCA’s principal objective is to promote awareness of and demand for quality …

SV Timber supplies a wide range of timber and related products to trade and commercial customers as well as to the public, and offers great flexibility in meeting customers’ needs. The business joined National Timber Group in 2022 extending the group’s customer reach within the Midlands, and the three thriving branches – at Nottingham, Alfreton …

NTG Door Solutions, part of NTG England, is our specialist door manufacturing division capable of supplying fire doors ranging from FD30 to FD120 all covered under Third Party Certification.   “Third party certification is vital,” commented David Hallam, Joinery Technical and Certification Manager, NTG England.   “We are certified to supply and manufacture fire doors, …

National Timber Systems (NTS) is celebrating three years’ production of NTSROOF® SUPER-SPAN® and installation in 100 homes across the country.   The fully panelised all-timber room-in-the-roof system is capable of spanning over 9+ metres using four cassettes, and can be constructed in three hours. All the load is spread into the gables via the spandrel …

Orchard Timber Products was founded in 2004 and became part of National Timber Group in 2021, enhancing NTG’s footprint as timber specialists in Scotland and strengthening the group’s range of wood flooring. Orchard Timber Product’s customers now also have access to the processing and bespoke moulding capabilities of NTG Scotland from the central processing and distribution …

National Timber Systems – part of National Timber Group’s Catterick site has a longstanding relationship with Darlington College, and this summer four students have joined the team straight from their courses. Three of the new employees are qualified to NVQ Level 2 in joinery and are now production operatives. The fourth new employee holds the …

Joanne Nixon has been appointed Director of Joinery – NTG England and will take up the position from 01 October. Well done Jo! Jo has been with the business since 2000 and has effectively acted as ‘second in command’ to David Oldfield for some time. David is taking up another position in October but leaves …

NORclad became part of National Timber Group in 2023. The partnership has added significant timber cladding knowledge and expertise to NTG and created opportunities for NORclad to continue to grow and develop. As a specialist manufacturer and supplier of bespoke fire-rated timber cladding, facades, curtain walling and other timber products, NORclad provide expert technical support …