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Tilhill Celebrates Stunning Twelve Award Wins in Woodlands Awards 

Tilhill is delighted to have won 12 awards at the 2023 Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Woodlands Competition (RWAS)

Tilhill Plants Trees for Commonwealth Games Legacy Project

Forestry management specialist Tilhill, a member of BSW Group, has planted 39,400 trees this year as part of  Severn Trent’s ongoing delivery of the B2022 Commonwealth Forests.

Tilhill Diploma Student Wins Award 

Jacob Goodwin, from Wrexham, has won the ‘Top Performing Student’ award on the Tilhill Level 3 Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture.

Excellence in farming and forestry honoured at ‘Tree Oscars’

The winner of the Dulverton Flagon, for a successful balance between commercial forestry and competing objectives was Ardachuple, in Kyles of Bute, Cowal  – owned by Bamberg Ltd, the trophy was collected by Bryan Pearce the forest manager for Tilhill.  

HS2 Woodland Fund reopens to support woodland creation

The HS2 Woodland Fund has re-opened for applications at the end of May, supporting projects that create and restore woodland along the High Speed Two (HS2) Phase One route

Farmers creating woodlands to receive higher payment rates

The Welsh Government is calling on all farmers in Wales to help tackle the climate emergency by planting trees as higher payment rates for woodland creation are confirmed.

ICF Announces Graduate Programme Accreditation

Members of the Institute of Chartered Foresters’ Professional & Educational Standards Committee convened on the 18 May 2023 to approve the accreditation of graduate schemes offered by Savills UK, Scottish Woodlands, and Tilhill.

Forestry Skills Training Programme expands to Scotland

Tilhill and Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc (FSF) are proud to announce the expansion of the Foresight Sustainable Forestry Skills Training Programme.

National quality assurance scheme for wild venison launches   

A new scheme to boost consumers’ confidence in the venison market and support the sustainable management of wild deer in the countryside has launched.

Electric timber trucks to be trialled in Scotland

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial which will test the use of state-of-the-art electric timber wagons to transport timber.

Historic Marshalling Yard Rejuvenated by Biodiversity Improvements 

A former marshalling yard located in Feltham, London, owned by South Western Railway (SWR) has been rejuvenated as a result of the biodiversity improvement works that have been carried

New Action Co-ordinator for Scotland’s Rainforest