Business asset auctions in Hull
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Hull, East Yorkshire, and the towns around it including Beverley, Hessle, Cottingham, Hedon, Goole, Brough, Driffield, Barton-upon-Humber. 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.
Hull has a working port on the Humber and much of its industry follows from that. Freight forwarding, haulage and warehousing firms are on the estates along Hedon Road and around King George Dock. An offshore wind blade factory operates at Alexandra Dock. The chemicals park at Saltend is on the east side of the city. Hull and the East Riding are the centre of UK caravan and holiday home manufacturing, with a supply chain of joinery, upholstery and chassis firms. Food processing, healthcare products and engineering are also present. Main industrial areas include Sutton Fields, Priory Park, Kingswood, Stoneferry and the National Avenue area.
The A63 runs into the city from the M62, which ends at junction 38. The A1079 heads to York, the A164 to Beverley and the A15 crosses the Humber Bridge into Lincolnshire. Hull Paragon is the main railway station. Sutton Fields and Priory Park have wide roads with easy access for low loaders.
Services in Hull
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Business retirement auctions in Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
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 Hull
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Hull
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 Hull
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Hull
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Hull
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 Hull
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Hull
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 Hull
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from port logistics businesses
- Equipment from caravan and holiday home manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from offshore wind businesses
- Equipment from chemicals businesses
- Equipment from food processing businesses
- Equipment from healthcare products businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
Guides and questions
- Auction or private treaty: which route to choose
Auction gives you a fixed date and an open market. Private treaty gives you a negotiated price and privacy. This guide sets out when each route suits, what you give up with each, and why many sales use both.
- What insolvency practitioners need from an auctioneer
For office holders realising physical assets. Covers the instruction letter, the asset schedule and valuation basis, retention of title, finance and HPI checks, site security, health and safety during the sale, and the reconciliation you need for the file.
- What happens to unsold lots
Not every lot sells, but the site still has to be cleared. This guide covers why lots go unsold, private treaty after the sale, lowering or removing the reserve, a later sale, scrap and WEEE recycling, and what disposal costs.
- Is VAT charged on auction sales?
- What if a machine is on finance?
- Is there a minimum quantity?
- What about equipment that is leased or on hire?