Britannia AuctionsBusiness asset auctions in Southampton
Most of the industry around Southampton traces back to the docks. Freight forwarders and hauliers at Nursling and Adanac Park sell tractor units and trailers. Marine engineers on the Itchen and aerospace suppliers on the Eastleigh corridor sell machine tools and workshop plant. Food distributors sell chillers and racking. Most of it is heavy and sits close to the M27, and Totton, Fareham, Winchester and Portsmouth are a short drive away. Access and the route out are checked at each site. The auction runs at your premises with a viewing day, or we collect and sell from our own. Bidding is online and open across the UK, and private treaty is available for single high value items.
Southampton is built around its port. The docks handle containers, cruise ships and a large share of the country's vehicle exports, and a large freight forwarding and haulage sector has grown up around them. Nursling Industrial Estate and Adanac Park, off junction 1 of the M271, hold the biggest distribution sheds. Millbrook Trading Estate sits next to the container terminal. Solent Industrial Estate at Hedge End and the Eastleigh corridor have engineering, marine and aerospace suppliers. Boatbuilders and marine engineers are on the Itchen and along Southampton Water.
The M27 runs across the north of the city and the M3 leaves it at junction 4 for Winchester and London. The M271 gives direct access from the M27 to the Western Docks. Southampton Central station is on the line to London Waterloo. A rail freight terminal at Maritime serves the container port. Southampton Airport is at Eastleigh.
Services in Southampton
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Business retirement auctions in Southampton
Retirement auctions in Southampton for marine engineers, boatyards and haulage firms around the docks and the Itchen. Sold online with viewing on site.
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Business closure auctions in Southampton
Business closure auctions in Southampton for haulage depots, marine engineers and aerospace suppliers. We sell the contents and clear the building on time.
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Surplus equipment sales in Southampton
Surplus equipment sales for Southampton freight, warehousing and marine firms. Forklifts, racking and workshop kit catalogued on site and sold online.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Southampton
Machinery and engineering auctions in Southampton. Marine engineering, boatbuilding and aerospace supplier workshop plant catalogued on site and sold online.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Southampton
Factory and workshop clearance in Southampton, from boatyards on the Itchen to distribution sheds at Nursling. One auction, then the unit handed back empty.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Southampton
Relocation and downsizing sales for Southampton businesses. Racking, forklifts and marine workshop kit sold by online auction around the move.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Southampton
Insolvency asset sales in Southampton for office holders and lenders. Haulage fleets, forwarding sheds and boatyards on the Itchen scheduled and sold.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Southampton
Complete site dispersal auctions in Southampton. Freight depots, marine workshops and engineering units sold in one online auction with managed collection.
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Stock clearance auctions in Southampton
Stock clearance auctions in Southampton for uncollected import loads, forwarder warehouse stock and marine trade lines, sold in bulk to trade buyers UK wide.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Southampton
Plant and construction equipment auctions in Southampton. Telehandlers, generators and site plant sold online from yards near the docks and the M271.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Southampton
Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Southampton. Container haulage trailers, boatyard vans and depot fleets from the Nursling sheds, sold online.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Southampton
Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Southampton. We auction racking, forklifts and dock equipment from M271 forwarders' sheds and Itchen marine stores.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Southampton
Catering equipment auctions in Southampton. Cruise hotel kitchens and depot canteens sold by online timed auction, with collection from service yards.
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Private treaty sales in Southampton
Private treaty sales in Southampton for boatyard plant, aerospace machines and dockside vehicle fleets, sold by negotiation with export through the port.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Southampton
Sell one forklift from a Nursling haulage yard or a marine workshop's welding set through a collective auction in Southampton with UK wide bidding.
What we sell in Southampton
- Equipment from port logistics businesses
- Equipment from marine businesses
- Equipment from vehicle handling businesses
- Equipment from aerospace businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from warehousing businesses
- Equipment from food distribution 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.
- 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?