Business asset auctions in Southampton
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Southampton, Hampshire, and the towns around it including Eastleigh, Totton, Romsey, Winchester, Fareham, Hedge End, Lyndhurst, Portsmouth. 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.
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
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
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 Southampton
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Southampton
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 Southampton
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Southampton
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Southampton
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 Southampton
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Southampton
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 Southampton
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- 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 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.
- 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?