Services

There are many reasons a business ends up with equipment to sell. Each page below covers one of them: when the route makes sense, how the sale runs, what to prepare and what tends to sell. If none fit exactly, use the form and describe your situation.

• Business retirement auctions

  Selling the machinery, stock and fittings when an owner retires and nobody is taking the business on.

  Read about retirement auctions

• Business closure auctions

  Turning the contents of a closing business into money before the lease ends and the keys go back.

  Read about closure auctions

• Surplus equipment sales

  Selling the machines, tools and kit a working business no longer uses, without disrupting what it still does.

  Read about surplus equipment

• Machinery and engineering auctions

  CNC machines, lathes, mills, presses and workshop equipment sold to a trade market that knows what they are worth.

  Read about machinery auctions

• Factory and workshop clearance

  Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.

  Read about factory clearance

• Business relocation and downsizing sales

  Selling the equipment that will not move to the new premises, timed around the move itself.

  Read about relocation sales

• Liquidation and insolvency asset sales

  Sales run on the instruction of administrators, liquidators, lenders and landlords, with the records they need.

  Read about insolvency asset sales

• Complete site dispersal auctions

  One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.

  Read about site dispersals

• Stock clearance auctions

  Surplus inventory, discontinued lines and bulk trade stock sold in lots sized for trade buyers.

  Read about stock clearance

• Plant and construction equipment auctions

  Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.

  Read about plant and construction

• Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions

  Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.

  Read about vehicles and fleets

• Warehouse and logistics equipment sales

  Forklifts, pallet trucks, racking, conveyors and handling equipment from warehouses that are closing or changing.

  Read about warehouse equipment

• Catering and hospitality equipment auctions

  Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.

  Read about catering equipment

• Private treaty sales

  A negotiated direct sale for a single high value machine or a situation where an open auction is the wrong route.

  Read about private treaty

• Collective auctions and single item consignments

  Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.

  Read about single items and small lots