Beers Timber & Building Supplies Limited is one of several independent Builders Merchant based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1916, and is currently under the management of the fourth generation of the founding family. The company have had a continued presence on Merseyside and now operate four branches across the North-West, at Warrington, Heswall and Eastham, (on the Wirral Peninsula), and the Head Office in Liverpool. Other companies within the group include Ecowarm Ltd, providing timber engineering solutions and roof trusses, Evans Bellhouse Ltd, a specialist softwood importer, and MBS Ltd, a specialist tool, workwear, and safety equipment supplier.
Since its founding, as one of over 200 timber importers, in the then thriving Port of Liverpool, the company is now one of only two timber importers left in the whole of Liverpool. From initially supplying only timber, the company now supplies a full range of building materials. The company has strong roots in the British timber trade and continues to source and machine the majority of its own timber products at its Warrington based sawmill.
The company employs over 100 members of staff throughout the group, operates over 30 fleet delivery vehicles and supplies approximately 150,000 customers annually.
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