Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Reading
The office parks get the attention in Reading. The industrial base sits on the trading estates behind them: engineering workshops and vehicle repairers on Loverock Road, warehousing along Basingstoke Road, the distribution units at Theale near the M4, and plant hire yards across the area. Technology firms on the parks come to auction too, usually with test equipment and IT hardware when an office closes. We catalogue on site and run an online timed auction with a viewing day, or collect the lots and sell them from our own premises. Wokingham and Newbury are close enough for a viewing day, and bidding is open across the UK. A single high value machine can go by private treaty.
Reading is best known for office parks such as Green Park, Thames Valley Park and Arlington Business Park at Theale, but it has a solid industrial base beneath them. Battle Farm Trading Estate on Loverock Road and Portman Road holds engineering workshops, vehicle repairers and trade suppliers. The Robert Cort Industrial Estate and units along Cardiff Road and Basingstoke Road add warehousing and light manufacturing. Theale has larger distribution and industrial units near the M4. Construction contractors and plant hire yards are common across the area.
The M4 has three junctions for the town: junction 10 for the A329(M) and Wokingham, junction 11 for the A33 and Green Park, and junction 12 for Theale. Reading station is on the Great Western Main Line with services to London, Bristol and the south coast. Heathrow Airport is about 25 miles east.
Services in Reading
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Business retirement auctions in Reading
Business retirement auctions in Reading for engineering workshops, vehicle repairers and plant hire yards on the trading estates near the M4. Sold online.
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Business closure auctions in Reading
Closure auctions for Reading technology firms, office parks, workshops and depots at Theale and on the trading estates. Furniture, IT and machines sold.
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Surplus equipment sales in Reading
Surplus equipment sales for Reading firms clearing office floors, IT, workshop plant and vans. Sold online from business parks and trade estates.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Reading
Machinery and engineering auctions in Reading. Engineering workshops and prototype shops behind the Thames Valley office parks catalogued and sold online.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Reading
Factory and workshop clearance in Reading, from vehicle repairers off Loverock Road to distribution units at Theale. Auction, then an empty unit.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Reading
Relocation and downsizing sales in Reading. Office floors, server rooms and workshop equipment sold by online auction around your lease end date.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Reading
Insolvency asset sales in Reading for office holders and lenders. IT, office contents and workshop plant at Green Park and Battle Farm scheduled and sold.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Reading
Complete site dispersal auctions in Reading. Engineering workshops, vehicle repairers and Theale distribution units cleared in one online timed sale.
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Stock clearance auctions in Reading
Stock clearance auctions in Reading for technology distributor stock, boxed hardware, trade supplies and warehouse lines, sold in bulk lots across the UK.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Reading
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Reading. Hire yard plant, excavators and access equipment sold online from Theale and the estates by the M4.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Reading
Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Reading. Field service vans, trade estate lorries and Theale distribution fleets, sold by online timed auction.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Reading
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Reading. Racking, pallet trucks and roll cages from Theale depots and Thames Valley stores, sold online.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Reading
Catering equipment auctions in Reading. Office park staff restaurants and business hotel kitchens sold by online timed auction with escorted collection.
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Private treaty sales in Reading
Private treaty sales in Reading for standby generators, switchgear, test equipment and engineering plant from the office parks and estates along the M4.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Reading
Sell office furniture and IT from a Reading business park, or one machine or van from a Loverock Road workshop, through a collective auction with UK bidding.
What we sell in Reading
- Equipment from technology businesses
- Equipment from logistics businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from motor trade businesses
- Equipment from food and drink businesses
- Equipment from printing 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.
- Can you sell from a site that is still operating?
- What checks do you make on vehicles and plant?
- Who pays the buyer's premium and VAT?