Business asset auctions in Derby
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Derby, Derbyshire, and the towns around it including Nottingham, Burton upon Trent, Ashbourne, Belper, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Uttoxeter, Chesterfield. 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.
Derby has one of the largest concentrations of aerospace, rail and automotive manufacturing in the country, and a deep supply chain of machining, fabrication and precision engineering firms around it. Industrial areas include Osmaston Park and Ascot Drive to the south of the centre, Sinfin Lane and Sinfin Commercial Park further south, Raynesway to the east, and Pride Park next to the railway station. Infinity Park Derby is a newer site to the south of the city near the A50. Logistics operators use sheds along the A38 and A50 corridors.
The M1 is to the east, with junction 25 reached along the A52 Brian Clough Way and junction 24 via the A50. The A38 runs north to south through the west of the city and the A50 gives a route west to Stoke-on-Trent. Derby railway station is on the Midland Main Line. Heavy engineering plant is common, and the southern estates have good access for low loaders.
Services in Derby
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Business retirement auctions in Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
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 Derby
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Derby
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 Derby
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Derby
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Derby
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 Derby
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Derby
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 Derby
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from aerospace businesses
- Equipment from rail engineering businesses
- Equipment from automotive businesses
- Equipment from precision engineering businesses
- Equipment from logistics businesses
- Equipment from construction 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.
- Do staff and customers need to know before the sale is advertised?
- Who takes the machines out?
- Who moves the plant after the sale?
- Is it worth selling a single item at auction?