Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Preston
Aerospace pulls a lot of precision engineering into Preston. Machining and tooling firms that supply the Samlesbury site sell CNC centres and inspection equipment when work dries up or an owner retires. Distribution and storage businesses at Red Scar and Walton Summit sell forklifts and racking. Food producers on Roman Way sell process kit and chillers. Agricultural dealers out towards Garstang and Kirkham sell tractors and workshop tools. The auction runs at your premises with a viewing day and a collection window, or we collect and sell from our own. Chorley and Blackburn are a short drive from the viewing day, and trade buyers across the UK bid online. Private treaty is available for single high value items.
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. Yard space and access vary between the older units and the newer estates, and both are checked before collection is planned.
Services in Preston
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Business retirement auctions in Preston
Business retirement auctions in Preston for aerospace machining shops, food producers and haulage yards. Catalogued on site and sold online.
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Business closure auctions in Preston
Business closure auctions in Preston for machining shops, composites firms and food units at Red Scar, Walton Summit. Sold online, cleared on time.
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Surplus equipment sales in Preston
Surplus equipment sales for Preston machining, composites and food firms. Tooling, machine tools and production kit sold online from a working site.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Preston
Machinery and engineering auctions in Preston. Five axis, waterjet and composites tooling plant from the Samlesbury supply chain sold online to the trade.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Preston
Factory and workshop clearance in Preston for aerospace subcontractors, food producers and estate units. Sold by auction and handed back clear on the date.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Preston
Relocation and downsizing sales for Preston engineering, aerospace supply and food firms. Machine tools and plant sold by online auction around the move.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Preston
Insolvency asset sales in Preston for office holders and lenders. Aerospace machine shops, composites units and Walton Summit sheds scheduled and sold.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Preston
Complete site dispersal auctions in Preston. Aerospace machining and composites suppliers, food producers and logistics depots cleared in one online sale.
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Stock clearance auctions in Preston
Stock clearance auctions in Preston for aerospace tooling consumables, composite materials and food production lines, sold to trade buyers UK wide.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Preston
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Preston. Excavators, telehandlers and site plant sold online from Lancashire yards with three motorways nearby.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Preston
Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Preston. Vans from the aerospace supply chain, fridge vans off Roman Way and fleets at Walton Summit, sold online.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Preston
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Preston. We auction racking, forklifts and stores equipment from Walton Summit, Red Scar and aerospace suppliers.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Preston
Catering equipment auctions in Preston. Works canteens, pub kitchens and cafe kit sold by online timed auction, with a viewing day and booked collection.
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Private treaty sales in Preston
Private treaty sales in Preston for machining centres, composites plant and food lines from the aerospace supply chain and the estates around the M6.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Preston
Sell a single machining centre, tool presetter or inspection kit from the aerospace supply chain through a collective auction in Preston with UK bidding.
What we sell in Preston
- 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 turn on paperwork as much as on price. This guide covers the V5C, MOT and plating documents, clearing finance before listing, 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?