Business asset auctions in Leicester
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Leicester, Leicestershire, and the towns around it including Loughborough, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth, Wigston, Oadby. 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.
Leicester has a wide manufacturing base for a city of its size. Textile and clothing workshops are concentrated in the east and west of the city, and the area has food processing, plastics, printing and packaging firms alongside general engineering. Distribution and warehousing has grown along the M1 and M69 corridors, with large sheds around Enderby, Glenfield and Lutterworth to the south. Industrial areas include Braunstone Frith, Beaumont Leys, Troon Industrial Estate and Meridian Business Park near junction 21.
The M1 passes the western edge of the city, and junction 21 is where it meets the M69 for Coventry. The A46 and A6 link the city to Newark, Loughborough and Market Harborough. Leicester railway station is on the Midland Main Line. Access for low loaders and articulated lorries is straightforward on the outer estates. It is tighter on the older inner city textile streets.
Services in Leicester
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Business retirement auctions in Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
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 Leicester
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Leicester
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 Leicester
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Leicester
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Leicester
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 Leicester
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Leicester
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 Leicester
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from textiles and clothing businesses
- Equipment from food processing businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from printing and packaging businesses
- Equipment from plastics 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.
- How much does it cost to sell at auction?
- How do I know whether something is worth selling?
- What reporting does the office holder receive?
- How long does a vehicle sale take?