BUSINESS CLOSURE
Business closure auctions and site clearance
Closing a business is hard enough. We manage the whole disposal professionally, discreetly and at your pace: valuation, auction, sales and site clearance.
A difficult job, done properly
Whatever the reason for closure, the practical problem is the same: a site full of assets that must become money in the bank and an empty building, usually to a deadline.
We take that problem off your desk. One team values everything, runs the sale, banks the proceeds and hands the site back clear, with paperwork that stands up to scrutiny from creditors, landlords or liquidators.
What we take care of
Full site valuation
A complete inventory and valuation of plant, stock and effects, delivered as a clear report you and your advisers can rely on.
Closure auction
A properly marketed auction that turns the site’s contents into money, with reserves where they protect you and honest advice where they will not.
Sales & accounting
Every sale documented, every buyer paid up before collection, and a full statement of proceeds at the end.
Complete clearance
Supervised collections, then clearance of what remains, leaving the premises ready for handback or sale.
What we sell and clear
Production assets
- Machinery and process plant
- Tooling, jigs and fixtures
- Test and quality equipment
- Maintenance and spares
Vehicles & handling
- Company vehicles and fleet
- Forklifts and telehandlers
- Trailers and site plant
- Fuel and yard equipment
Stock & WIP
- Finished goods
- Work in progress
- Raw materials
- Packaging and consumables
Premises contents
- Racking and mezzanines
- Office furniture and IT
- Canteen and welfare equipment
- Fixtures and fittings
Closures we handle
Solvent wind-down
A planned closure where the owners want maximum recovery and a tidy finish, at their own pace.
Insolvency
Working with insolvency practitioners on defensible valuations and properly documented sales.
Site closure
A group closing one site while others continue, sold and cleared without unsettling the wider business.
Lease expiry
A landlord deadline that turns a closure into a race. We build the plan backwards from handback day.
Succession failure
No buyer and no successor for an otherwise good business, where the assets must do the retiring.
Relocation abroad
Production moving overseas, with UK plant to sell and a site to clear on a programme.
Why choose UK Auction Group
Discretion
Closures are sensitive. We market the assets, not your circumstances, and deal with staff on site respectfully.
Clean paperwork
Valuations, sale records and proceeds statements that satisfy accountants, liquidators and landlords.
Deadline led
Handback dates and completion dates drive the plan. We commit to a programme and keep to it.
Whole job, one team
From first walk-round to broom-swept floor, you deal with one Manchester-based team throughout.