Business asset auctions in Preston
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Preston, Lancashire, and the towns around it including Chorley, Leyland, Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancaster, Southport, Kirkham, Garstang. 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.
Preston has a mixed industrial base with aerospace as the largest sector. Samlesbury to the east is part of the Lancashire Enterprise Zone and supports a supply chain of machining, composites and tooling firms in the city. Red Scar Business Park at Ribbleton is a large estate with distribution, manufacturing and storage units. Walton Summit is the main logistics area to the south. Roman Way off the A59 has food production and trade businesses, and Riversway at the old docks has smaller commercial units.
The M6 passes the east side of the city, with junctions 29, 31 and 31a most used for freight. The M55 to Blackpool and the M65 to Blackburn and Burnley both start near Preston. Preston railway station is on the West Coast Main Line. Access for heavy vehicles is good on all the main estates.
Services in Preston
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Business retirement auctions in Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
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 Preston
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Preston
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 Preston
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Preston
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Preston
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 Preston
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Preston
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 Preston
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from aerospace businesses
- Equipment from food processing businesses
- Equipment from logistics businesses
- Equipment from engineering and fabrication businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from agricultural machinery 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.
- Can the sale be run without announcing my retirement?
- Can we sell before we have moved out?
- What if a machine is still on finance?
- Will the sale be confidential?