Business asset auctions in Manchester
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Manchester, Greater Manchester, and the towns around it including Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Wigan, Warrington. 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.
Manchester's industrial base sits mainly on the edges of the conurbation rather than in the centre. Trafford Park to the west is the largest single estate in the region, with manufacturing, distribution, wholesale and recycling operators. Other industrial areas include Sharston in Wythenshawe, Openshaw and Newton Heath in the east, and Agecroft in Salford. Food and drink processing, packaging, chemicals and engineering firms are spread across these sites, and logistics operators use the big sheds along the M62 towards Heywood and Rochdale.
The M60 orbital motorway rings the city, with junctions 9 to 11 close to Trafford Park. The M62, M56, M61 and M66 all join the M60. Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria are the main railway stations. Most estates take articulated lorries, though some older sites in the east have tighter access.
Services in Manchester
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Business retirement auctions in Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
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 Manchester
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Manchester
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 Manchester
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Manchester
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Manchester
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 Manchester
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Manchester
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 Manchester
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from food and drink manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from chemicals businesses
- Equipment from packaging businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from waste and recycling 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 there a minimum quantity?
- How do you deal with retention of title claims?
- Do we need to move the vehicles to you?
- Can I set a reserve on a single lot?