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Business asset auctions in Manchester

A large machine shop with many machines and tools

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

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

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  • Where it is
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