Will the sale be confidential?
As confidential as you need it to be. We can approach selected buyers without naming your business, and require a confidentiality undertaking before any inspection. The asset is not listed in a public catalogue unless you choose that. Staff and suppliers do not need to know a sale is happening until it is done. Tell us who must not find out, and we will plan the approach around that.
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A negotiated direct sale for a single high value machine or a situation where an open auction is the wrong route.
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