Covers wins Timber industry award at virtual ceremony

Covers Timber & Builders Merchants has been named Timber Merchant of the Year at the third annual BMJ Industry Awards 2020.

Organised by the Builders Merchants Journal, the awards aim to celebrate the UK merchanting industry and highlight the businesses, brands and people that make the sector so successful.

The ceremony, which was originally scheduled to take place in London, was instead hosted as a live-stream event by Alan Dedicoat, better known as the National Lottery’s Voice of the Balls.

Family-owned Covers, which has been operating for over 170 years and has a chain of depots across the south of England. Offering hardwoods, clears, bespoke special mouldings, the full range of treatment as well as a myriad of sheet materials. Its fast and modern sawmill produces thousands of metres of stock profiles for Covers’ depots and custom-made mouldings per week and has supplied numerous historical buildings, including Arundel Castle, Goodwood House and Windsor Castle. Covers also trades construction timbers in depth completing the range of timber products

Neil Woods, Timber Director of Covers, said:

“We are extremely proud of our timber services, which have been built on providing our customers with an unrivalled range of quality timber, expert knowledge and exceptional service. We are delighted to be recognised by the industry as Timber Merchant of the Year and congratulate our whole team for their hard work and commitment to Covers and our customers.”