Business asset auctions in Bradford
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and the towns around it including Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Dewsbury, Wakefield. Sales are catalogued and held on your premises, or we collect the assets and sell them from our own premises when that suits better. Bidding is online and open to trade buyers across the UK.
Bradford has a mixed manufacturing base. Textile firms still spin, dye and finish wool and worsted cloth, though at a smaller scale than before. Food manufacturing is large, with many bakeries, sauce, snack and ready meal producers. Engineering, printing, packaging, chemicals and building products are spread across the district, and several national parcel and distribution operations are near the M606. Main industrial areas include Euroway Industrial Estate, Dudley Hill, Bowling Back Lane, Thornbury, Staithgate Lane and the Canal Road corridor. Keighley and Shipley have their own engineering estates within the district.
The M606 links the city to the M62 at junction 26, with the M1 and M621 a short drive east. The A650 runs to Keighley and Wakefield, and the A6177 ring road connects the main estates. Bradford Interchange and Forster Square are the two railway stations. Some of the older mill sites have tight yards and steep approaches, which matters when moving heavy machinery.
Services in Bradford
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Business retirement auctions in Bradford
Selling the machinery, stock and fittings when an owner retires and nobody is taking the business on.
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Business closure auctions in Bradford
Turning the contents of a closing business into money before the lease ends and the keys go back.
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Surplus equipment sales in Bradford
Selling the machines, tools and kit a working business no longer uses, without disrupting what it still does.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Bradford
CNC machines, lathes, mills, presses and workshop equipment sold to a trade market that knows what they are worth.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Bradford
Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Bradford
Selling the equipment that will not move to the new premises, timed around the move itself.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Bradford
Sales run on the instruction of administrators, liquidators, lenders and landlords, with the records they need.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Bradford
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Bradford
Surplus inventory, discontinued lines and bulk trade stock sold in lots sized for trade buyers.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Bradford
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Bradford
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Bradford
Forklifts, pallet trucks, racking, conveyors and handling equipment from warehouses that are closing or changing.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Bradford
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Bradford
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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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Bradford
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from textiles businesses
- Equipment from food manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from printing and packaging businesses
- Equipment from chemicals businesses
- Equipment from distribution businesses
- Equipment from building products businesses
Guides and questions
- How a commercial asset auction works
A stage by stage account of an online timed auction for business assets. It covers the asset schedule, cataloguing, viewing days, how bidding closes, buyer's premium and VAT, collection and how you get paid.
- Closing a business: a timeline for selling the assets
Work backwards from the day you hand the site over. This guide covers lease end and dilapidations, when to instruct, when staff should leave, when to keep the power on, and how to leave enough room for collection and making good.
- Selling a commercial vehicle fleet
Fleet sales fail on paperwork more than on price. This guide covers the V5C, MOT and plating documents, clearing finance before the HPI check, keys and livery, recording mileage and tachograph data, and how to defleet in batches while still trading.
- What happens if something does not sell?
- How much is a used machine worth?
- What happens to lots that do not sell?
- Who disconnects the gas and electrics?