Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Coventry
Tooling shops, component makers, fabricators and trade businesses that supply the vehicle plants sit on estates all round Coventry, from Binley to Bayton Road at Exhall. When one of them retires or goes into administration, its machinery and vehicles have to find new owners quickly. That is our job.
We catalogue at the premises, run an online timed auction with a viewing day, and manage the collection window after it closes. Where speed matters more than convenience we clear the unit to our own premises and sell from there. Private treaty is offered for one off high value lots. Nuneaton, Rugby and Leamington Spa are near enough to view on site, and bidding is open across the UK.
Coventry's industrial base is built around automotive, with vehicle assembly, component makers, tooling shops and engineering consultancies across the city and into Warwickshire. Logistics operators use the large sheds at the Ryton distribution park and Middlemarch Business Park near the airport to the south east. Other estates include Binley Industrial Estate, Bayton Road at Exhall to the north and Seven Stars Industrial Estate. Many of the smaller units are occupied by engineering and trade businesses that supply the vehicle plants.
The M6 runs across the north of the city, with junction 2 leading to the M69 for Leicester and the A46 for Warwick and the M40. Junction 3 gives access to the north of the city, and the A45 links to Birmingham Airport and the M42. Coventry railway station is on the West Coast Main Line. Access varies between the larger parks and the older units, so vehicle access and turning space are checked at the first visit.
Services in Coventry
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Business retirement auctions in Coventry
Business retirement auctions in Coventry for tooling shops and trade firms around the vehicle plants. Online sale, on site viewing and planned collection.
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Business closure auctions in Coventry
Closure auctions for Coventry tooling shops, component makers and engineering units that lose the vehicle contract. Sold online and cleared to a date.
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Surplus equipment sales in Coventry
Surplus equipment sales for Coventry firms that are still trading. Tooling, machine tools, test rigs and racking catalogued on site and sold online.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Coventry
Machinery and engineering auctions in Coventry for tooling shops and component makers that supply the vehicle plants. Catalogued on site and sold online.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Coventry
Factory and workshop clearance in Coventry. Tooling shops, press tools and assembly plant sold by auction, then the unit stripped and handed back on time.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Coventry
Relocation and downsizing sales in Coventry for automotive suppliers and tooling shops. Sell what will not move by online timed auction.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Coventry
Insolvency and liquidation asset sales in Coventry. Automotive supplier plant, test rigs, tooling and vans scheduled and sold for office holders and lenders.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Coventry
Complete site dispersal auctions in Coventry. Automotive tooling shops, component makers and engineering units sold in one online sale.
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Stock clearance auctions in Coventry
Stock clearance auctions in Coventry. Automotive parts, packaging, consumables and distribution stock sold in trade lots by online timed auction to UK buyers.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Coventry
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Coventry. Site plant, telehandlers and access equipment sold online from estates and distribution parks.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Coventry
Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Coventry. Vans, electric vans, tractor units and trailers from the supply chain and the Ryton sheds.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Coventry
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Coventry. Tow tractors, reach trucks, racking and stillages from sequencing centres and supplier stores.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Coventry
Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Coventry. Staff restaurants, hotel kitchens and city centre venues sold by online timed auction.
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Private treaty sales in Coventry
Private treaty sales in Coventry for battery test equipment and tooling shop machines left when a vehicle programme ends. Negotiated, no public catalogue.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Coventry
Collective auctions for single machines, tooling, test kit and vans from Coventry automotive supply chain units, sold online without a viewing at your shop.
What we sell in Coventry
- Equipment from automotive manufacturing and supply chain businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from electric vehicles and batteries businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from 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 clear the whole building as well as sell the equipment?
- What if we are not sure whether a machine is moving?
- Can you sell plant from a live site?
- What if a buyer approaches me directly?