Warnings of timber shortages including scaffolding boards are continuing to being issued from leading businesses and organisations from across the UK construction and housebuilding industry.
Due to worldwide demand timber organisations are expressing stark concerns about low stocks of European softwood, which is the raw material used to produce scaffolding boards.
Faltering availability and rapidly rising material prices are presenting serious challenges for the sector. And this comes at a time of high levels of sustained growth in construction after the turbulent times caused by the pandemic.
