Back to the 1940's This amazing photo uncovered yesterday at Scotts Timber Engineering's head office in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, shows current MD James Scott's grandfather Douglas Scott and daughter Jennifer proudly showcasing a display of ladders! Ladders, timber...

Optimistic about the outlook for the UK’s housebuilding sector in 2025? With housing completions expected to top 180k in 2024, the UK would need to roughly double output to get anywhere near the Government’s target of 1.5 million houses in the next 5 years. The theory...

Happy Christmas! As the end of 2024 approaches at speed, we'd like to thank all our customers, suppliers and other contacts across the housebuilding sector for choosing to work with Scotts Timber Engineering across the year. We appreciate the trust you place in us and...

Dean Turley Profile When Dean Turley, joined Scotts Timber Engineering in 2013 as a Designer, he didn’t expect to progress to General Manager of our Redditch factory so quickly. “As a family business, Scotts is a friendly close-knit environment,” he explained. “The...

Garden Rooms for Luxury Developers The art of the showhome has been finely tuned by housebuilders over the years; interior designers showcasing the practicality and potential beauty of new homes on every new development. Optimising the aspirational value of new homes,...

Investing in Manufacturing Efficiency and waste reduction are both key elements of running a successful manufacturing operation. There’s only so far great processes can take you without the right equipment for a growing business without investment in faster and better...

Kelsey Worsdell Profile Kelsey Worsdell joined Scotts Timber Engineering nearly a year ago. In her role as Scheduler, based at the company’s Thrapston factory in Northamptonshire, she deals with truss deliveries from call off stage, through the manufacturing process...

Pre-Christmas Deliveries As we approach the festive break, our delivery schedules up to and including 19th December are already filling. First deliveries in the New Year will start on Monday 6th January 2025. Please don’t hesitate to speak to our team on 01832 732366...

Million Makers for The King's Trust We were delighted to be invited to support the Road to a Million Gala Dinner and Auction last week by David Wilson Homes Northampton. The black tie gala dinner and auction event was in support of The King’s Trust’s Million Makers...

Affordable homes to make up 50% of new builds? Reported in the national press last week, analysis in a report by Savills and the National Housing Federation (https://www.savills.co.uk/research_articles/229130/366981-0) suggests significant changes for the housing...

Employment in the Housebuilding Supply Chain (and beyond) Every sector can make a case for exemption from the recently announced hikes in employer’s National Insurance contributions, not least housing where, according to the latest figures from Professor Noble...

Introducing Loden Townsend Truss and Joist designer Loden Townsend has been an integral part of Scotts Timber Engineering's Redditch branch since he began in production in 2017 at just 18 years old. With a longstanding passion for design, Loden initially contemplated...

Pre-Budget Message to the Chancellor As we approach what is probably the most speculated-over budget in modern UK history, a few final thoughts for the Chancellor from the UK’s housebuilding supply chain. Please avoid anything that makes the house-buying public...

Introducing Macauley Morton It is the people that make a business, and today’s post introduces Macauley Morton, who recently joined our Design team. Based at our Thrapston offices, Macauley’s first introduction to the world of technical design was on work experience...