Business asset auctions in Middlesbrough
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Middlesbrough, Teesside, and the towns around it including Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar, Thornaby, Billingham, Hartlepool, Darlington, Guisborough, Yarm. 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.
Middlesbrough is the main town of the Teesside industrial area. Chemical and process plants line the Tees, with steel fabrication, pipework, engineering and offshore firms in support. The port at Teesport handles containers, bulk and project cargo. Construction, plant hire, haulage and scrap processing are also common. Main industrial areas include Riverside Park, Cannon Park, Skippers Lane and Cargo Fleet, with Teesside Industrial Estate at Thornaby, Wilton International and the former steelworks site at Redcar a short drive away.
The A66 runs through the town and links west to Darlington and the A1(M) at Scotch Corner. The A19 passes to the west and crosses the Tees on the flyover. The A174 Parkway serves the south of the town and Redcar. Middlesbrough station has rail links to Darlington and York. The riverside estates have wide roads and hard standing built for heavy plant.
Services in Middlesbrough
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Business retirement auctions in Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Middlesbrough
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from chemicals and process businesses
- Equipment from steel fabrication businesses
- Equipment from offshore engineering businesses
- Equipment from port logistics businesses
- Equipment from construction and plant hire businesses
- Equipment from scrap and recycling businesses
Guides and questions
- Preparing machinery and equipment for sale
What to do in the days before viewing so machines fetch what they should. Isolate and make safe, clean but do not repaint, find the tooling and manuals, sort out access, and avoid the mistakes that cost sellers money.
- How used machinery is valued
Buyers pay for what a machine will do for them, less what it costs to get it out and running. This guide explains how make, hours, tooling, demand and removal cost feed a guide price, and why that price is not book value.
- How do I get an estimate of what my equipment is worth?
- Do you take everything, including the rubbish?
- Can we set a reserve on stock lots?
- Does the landlord need to agree to the sale?