Arnold Laver started his business using a hand cart, he made customers pay in advance, bought the wood then delivered it.

In 1925 Arnold Laver began negotiations to purchase a much larger site on Bramall Lane and in 1927 the new Olympic Sawmills opened.

This site was the Company's head office in later years, with the main depot moving to the old goods-yard off Queens road, as the firm expanded.

[2][3] In November 2018, British private equity firm Cairngorm Capital acquired Arnold Laver as part of its buy-and-build strategy to create The National Timber Group.

The Group was formed with the aim of consolidating the highly fragmented specialist UK timber merchant market.