Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Birmingham
A pressings shop in Tyseley and a food factory out at Minworth have little in common until the day one of them has to close, move or clear a floor. Then both need an auctioneer who can catalogue on a narrow inner city estate and work out the route the plant takes to the road.
We take sales across Birmingham, and from Solihull, Walsall and West Bromwich beyond it, as online timed auctions and as private treaty sales of single high value machines. We sell at your premises or collect to ours. Bidding is online and open to trade buyers across the UK, well beyond the West Midlands.
Birmingham has a very large industrial property market. Automotive component makers, pressings and metal finishing shops, general engineering and food manufacturers are spread across the city, with logistics operators in the larger sheds to the east near the airport. Established industrial areas include Tyseley, Witton, Aston, Saltley, Minworth and Kings Norton. Birmingham Business Park and Gateway Park sit near junction 6 of the M42.
The M6 crosses the north of the city, with junctions 5 to 7 giving access to Castle Bromwich, Witton and Perry Barr. The M42 runs down the east side and the M5 starts at junction 8 of the M6 to the west. The A38 Aston Expressway links the city centre to the M6. Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International stations are on the West Coast Main Line. Inner city estates often have narrow access roads and limited yard space, so collection of large plant needs planning.
Services in Birmingham
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Business retirement auctions in Birmingham
Retirement auctions for Birmingham pressings shops, metal finishers and engineers. Online sale, viewing on site and collection planned for tight yards.
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Business closure auctions in Birmingham
Closure auctions for Birmingham pressings shops, finishing lines and inner city engineering units. We sell the plant and clear the building by the empty date.
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Surplus equipment sales in Birmingham
Selling surplus presses, finishing plant and workshop equipment from working Birmingham factories, with collection planned for tight inner city estates.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Birmingham
Machinery auctions in Birmingham for press shops and engineering firms. Power presses, press brakes and machine tools catalogued on site and sold online.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Birmingham
Factory and workshop clearance across Birmingham. Presses, plating lines and machine tools sold by auction, then the site stripped and handed back empty.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Birmingham
Relocation and downsizing sales for Birmingham businesses. We sell the presses and plant that stay behind when you move, by online timed auction.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Birmingham
Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Birmingham. Presses, plating lines, machine tools and vans scheduled and sold for office holders and lenders.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Birmingham
Complete site dispersal auctions in Birmingham. Pressings shops, plating lines, engineering works and food factories sold in one online sale.
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Stock clearance auctions in Birmingham
Stock clearance auctions in Birmingham. Component stock, pressings, fixings, packaging and pallet lines sold in bulk to trade buyers by online timed auction.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Birmingham
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Birmingham. Mini diggers, dumpers, telehandlers and cabins sold online, collection planned for tight estates.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Birmingham
Sell vans, tippers and fleet vehicles by online auction in Birmingham. Fleet clearances from supply chain firms, builders and logistics depots.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Birmingham
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Birmingham, from the M42 distribution sheds to parts stores on the older inner city estates. Online auction.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Birmingham
Catering equipment auctions in Birmingham. We sell commercial kitchens, bar equipment and hotel furniture from city centre venues and airport hotels.
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Private treaty sales in Birmingham
Private treaty sales in Birmingham for power presses and robot cells from the automotive supply chain. Negotiated, with no public catalogue or sale date.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Birmingham
Collective auctions for single machines, vans and small lots from Birmingham engineering and pressings shops, sold online alongside other vendors' lots.
What we sell in Birmingham
- Equipment from automotive supply chain businesses
- Equipment from metal pressings and finishing businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from food manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from print and packaging businesses
Guides and questions
- Preparing machinery and equipment for sale
What to do before viewing day. Keep the machines that can be run safely available to demonstrate, isolate the rest, clean but do not repaint, find the tooling and manuals, and sort out access for removal.
- How used machinery is valued
Buyers pay for what a machine will do for them, less what it costs to get it out and running. This guide explains how make, hours, tooling, demand and removal cost feed a guide price, and why that price is not book value.
- Can you sell from a site that is still operating?
- What checks do you make on vehicles and plant?
- Who pays the buyer's premium and VAT?