Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Manchester
Manchester's industry sits on the edges rather than in the middle: a packaging firm in Trafford Park, a food processor in Sharston, a recycling operator at Agecroft or a distribution depot on the M62 side towards Rochdale. The reasons vary. Retirement, a lease that has run out, an administrator who needs the assets realised.
The answer is usually an online timed auction at the premises, with a viewing day before it closes and collection after. Single high value items can go by private treaty. If the site has to go back quickly we sell from our own premises. Bidding is online and open across the UK, with Stockport, Bolton and Wigan close enough to view on site.
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. The estates range from the large Trafford Park units to tighter older sites in the east, so access and turning space are checked before a sale is planned.
Services in Manchester
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Business retirement auctions in Manchester
Business retirement auctions across Manchester for engineering, packaging and trade firms. We sell on site or from our own premises and manage collection.
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Business closure auctions in Manchester
Business closure auctions across Manchester and Trafford Park. Racking, forklifts, chilled stores and stock sold online and cleared before the lease ends.
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Surplus equipment sales in Manchester
Surplus equipment sales for Manchester businesses that keep trading. Racking, forklifts, packaging lines and plant sold online and collected around you.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Manchester
Machinery and engineering auctions around Manchester. Machine tools and workshop plant catalogued at Trafford Park and across the region and sold online.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Manchester
Clearing factories and workshops in Manchester. Process plant, packaging lines and racking sold at auction, then the unit stripped and handed back empty.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Manchester
Downsizing or relocating a Manchester business? We sell the equipment left behind by online auction, timed to the day the old unit goes back.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Manchester
Insolvency asset sales in Manchester for administrators and liquidators. Distribution sheds, food plants, packaging firms and recycling yards sold by auction.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Manchester
Complete site dispersal auctions in Manchester. Food and drink plants, packaging lines, engineering works and distribution sheds sold in one online sale.
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Stock clearance auctions in Manchester
Stock clearance auctions in Manchester for wholesale, distribution and food and drink stock. Pallet lots sold to trade buyers from the sheds and the city.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Manchester
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Manchester. Excavators, dumpers and generators sold online from Trafford Park compounds or the site itself.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Manchester
Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Manchester. Tractor units, trailers, skip loaders and van fleets sold online from Trafford Park and the M62 sheds.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Manchester
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Manchester. Online auctions of racking, forklifts and handling kit from Trafford Park and the M62 sheds.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Manchester
Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Manchester. Kitchens, bars and furniture from restaurants, hotels and canteens sold by online timed auction.
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Private treaty sales in Manchester
Private treaty sales in Manchester for shredders, balers, bottling lines and process plant. One high value machine sold by negotiation rather than auction.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Manchester
Put the small lots left after a Manchester shed move or workshop tidy up into a collective auction, sold online with lots from other vendors.
What we sell in Manchester
- 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 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?