Business asset auctions in Stoke-on-Trent
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and the towns around it including Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Crewe, Leek, Uttoxeter, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Cheadle. 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.
Stoke-on-Trent is still the centre of the UK ceramics industry. Tableware, tile and sanitaryware factories are spread across the six towns, with kiln, mould and glaze specialists in support. Distribution and warehousing have grown along the A500 and A50 corridors. Engineering, plastics, food manufacturing and building products make up much of the rest. Main industrial areas include Etruria Valley, Trentham Lakes, Festival Park, Fenton Industrial Estate, Parkhall Business Village and Tunstall Trade Park.
The A500 runs through the city and joins the M6 at junction 15 to the south and junction 16 to the north. The A50 heads east to Uttoxeter and Derby. Stoke-on-Trent station is on the West Coast Main Line. Most estates have wide access roads and hard standing, so low loaders and articulated lorries can collect plant and machinery without difficulty.
Services in Stoke-on-Trent
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Business retirement auctions in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Stoke-on-Trent
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from ceramics businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from plastics businesses
- Equipment from food manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from building products 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.
- What if my business has items on finance?
- What is a fixture and why does it matter?
- Do you need the machine's paperwork?
- How is the sale price agreed?