Tuesday 24th March 2026, 9:00am prompt Machines to be sold at 1pm
On Exclusive Instructions from: J C Bamford Excavators LtdExcellent selection of 26 x JCB Machines (including 14 x Ex-Demonstration)
Sale to include:
7 x Excavators, 4 x Wheel Loaders, 3 x Telehandlers, 3 x Fastracs, 2 x Dumpers, 2 x Wheeled Loading Shovels, Skid Steer Loader, Teleskid, Roller, Teletruk and Compact Tractor
250 x Lots of JCB Spares, Parts and Accessories Vehicles inc. 2 x 2019 Jaguar IPACE EV400 HSE, 2016 Vauxhall Astra SRi, 2013 Range Rover Autobiography, 2007 Mini, 2005 Nissan Almera SE, 2011 Volkswagen Crafter Pick Up, 2 x 1997 Mercedes Sprinter Flat Bed Pick Ups, Trailers inc. 2 x Ifor Williams Livestock, 2 x Ifor Williams 2.7 Ton Plant and 2 x Brian James/Indespension Plant Also to include 2 x Ex-MV Windsor Castle Lifeboats
No Buyers Premium!! Full Catalogue Online March!
Location: J C Bamford Excavators Quarry, Cauldon Lowe, Staffordshire, ST10 3HA Viewing: By Appointment on Monday 23rd March 2026, 9am - 4pm
+44 (0)1452 207777 I
The Assets of a Mechanical Engineering & Fabrication Facility
After serving travellers for more than half a century, the Redbeck Motel in Crofton, Wakefield has closed for the final time.
Since opening in 1969, the well-known roadside stop became a familiar landmark, recognised for its round-theclock service, popular breakfast offerings and welcoming atmosphere.
Throughout its long history, the motel attracted a steady stream of visitors, including several high-profile names from the world of entertainment. Performers such as Sir Tom Jones, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Danny La Rue and The Three Degrees were among those to pass through its doors. The venue also made appearances on television, including scenes featured in Emmerdale, further securing its place in local culture.
With planning permission granted for the site to be redeveloped for housing, the closure marks the end of a significant chapter for the Crofton community. Reflecting on the motel’s legacy via social media, Managing Director Peter Worth JP said the Redbeck had always been more than just a roadside stop, recalling the countless early morning coffees and late-night conversations shared there over the decades.
As the site prepares for its next phase, BPI Auctions has been appointed to handle the online sale of the motel’s contents, all offered without reserve. The auction features a wide range of items from across the property, including the well-known Redbeck signage, bedroom and restaurant furniture and a selection of commercial catering equipment.
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Among the lots are fryers, griddles, ovens, stainless steel walk-in fridges and freezers, pass-through dishwashers, microwaves, vending machines, white goods and other fixtures from the motel’s restaurant and kitchen areas.
Running until 12th March, the sale provides businesses, collectors and local buyers with the chance to secure a piece of the Redbeck’s long-standing history.
View the full catalogue and place your bids online.
BPI is a trusted specialist in commercial asset acquisition and disposal, delivering fast, smart and fully managed solutions for businesses of every size. Known for their straight-talking approach and industry-leading timed auction platform, they combine deep sector expertise with rapid turnaround times to maximise value and make the process effortless for clients.
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Sale to Include a Rare & Exquisite Collection with:
Sale to include a rare & exquisite collection with:
George II, Giltwood Table, English Circa 1740 in the Manner of William Kent
Pair of Gilwood 'Robert Adam' Period Armchairs, Circa 1790
Keil Solid Bronze Horse on Slate Base
Pair of Carved Wood & Painted Chippendale Style
Eagle Shelf Brackets
Exceptionally Rare Small Carved Limewood 'Grinling Gibbons' Circa 1690
Over 20 Other 18th Century Antique Mirrors
Pair of Carved Wood Wide Tables with Marble Tops, Circa 1830
Pair of British Giltwood Regency Period Wall Lights, Circa 1810
A Selection of Overdoors & Carvings
Three Different Antique Swords
Set of Gold Polish Coins 90/100 with Certificate
Collection of Rare & Antique Coins & Medals
Assorted Furniture, Chinaware, Artworks & More!
OPEN VIEWING: 10am-2pm Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th March 2026
LOCATION: 83 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8PH
When the Back Office Moves, Everything Moves with it - Ready or Not?
Auctioneers don’t usually wake up excited about a new back-office system. It’s not glamorous. It’s not a “big launch.” It’s the plumbing, the place where the work actually happens. But when the industry’s infrastructure shifts, the back office stops being a quiet operational choice and becomes a businesscritical decision.
That’s why the recent announcement from a major player formally withdrawing support for the back-office system that fed their platform has hit so hard. It’s not a minor update; it’s a critical, time-bound change being forced upon auctioneers, and it is frightening precisely because it impacts the fundamentals: listings, service levels, compliance, cashflow and reputation.
If your workflow depends on a system now being retired, postponed, “kept alive,” or left without a clear roadmap, the risk is no longer theoretical, it’s immediate and commercial.
And it raises a simple question: what replaces it?
The case for a modern back office, built for the web
The BidHarvest® back office has been designed specifically to be the ideal replacement; not as a bolt-on, not as a partial workflow tool and not as a compromise that forces auctioneers to choose between operational control and platform reach.
BidHarvest® delivers a unified, web-based Back Office environment that supports the day-to-day of running auctions: user registration, consigning, lotting, contracting, invoicing, settlements, auditability and the data quality required to keep everything moving.
But the key difference is that it doesn’t stop at “admin.”
BidHarvest® also includes:
• A full web front-end
• Private-label catalogue only or live and timed bidding options
• API layer that integrates with major platforms, enabling auctioneers to continue listing with them while retaining ownership and control of their core operational systems and data.
You can modernise your back office without losing your routes to market.
BidHarvest® is not a “minimum viable” alternative. It’s a platform back office designed to increase operational capability, not merely preserve it.
At its core is a complete consignment toolset, including:
• Digital consignment contracts
• Structured bidder and vendor onboarding and contract workflows that support consistent, auditable processes without paper bottlenecks.
• Full invoicing and settlement paperwork
• Clean, repeatable generation of buyer invoices, vendor statements, settlement packs and the documentation auctioneers need to stay compliant and professional at scale.
• Accounting integration that fits real businesses, Including integration with Xero, so reconciliation and financial reporting aren’t separated from the auction workflow.
Migration matters more than features
In moments like this, it’s easy for the industry to talk about “features” but the lived reality of switching systems is about continuity.
A successful move depends on whether you can bring your operation with you: vendor history, buyer history, lot records, financial states, compliance data and the workflow logic that makes your business your business.
That’s why BidHarvest® includes data migration services from legacy systems hardwired into our API’s, designed to reduce
disruption and shorten the time from decision to stability. Migration is not an afterthought; it’s the foundation of a credible replacement.
Platform reach without platform dependency
Perhaps the most important lesson from the recent platformlinked withdrawal is this: Auctioneers should not have to tie their operational core to the lifecycle decisions of anyone else.
BidHarvest® supports continued listing across major platforms via API integrations, while giving you a back office that remains yours, your processes, your data, you in control.
And if you choose to run your own route to market, you can: BidHarvest® includes private-label live and timed bidding alongside your full web front end.
You’re not locked into a single channel. You’re not forced into a single dependency. You have options and you can change them as the market changes.
If your current setup is affected by this shift, not properly assessing the replacement options including BidHarvest® could be a mistake. Not because change is fashionable, but because the back office is the operating system of the auction business. And operating systems must be supported, secure, and built for what comes next.
BidHarvest® is ready for that job.
Book a walkthrough and see BidHarvest® in action.
BidHarvest® delivers a unified auction platform designed to simplify operations and give auctioneers complete control from intake to invoice.
• Data migration services from legacy systems to reduce disruption.
• Full consignment toolset with digital contracts and audit-friendly workflows.
• Xero integration for smoother accounting and reconciliation.
• Optional full web front end and private-label live and timed bidding.
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Online Auction Sale
Range of Sodick/Agie Charmilles
CNC Wire Cut & Die Sink EDM’s and Machining Centres previously in the manufacture of Medical, Oil & Gas and Aerospace Components
Bidding Ends: Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 3pm (UK Time)
·GF Agie Charmilles AC Progress V4 CNC Wire Eroder (2010)
·GF Agie Charmilles AC Progress V4 CNC Wire Eroder (2008)
·Charmilles Robofil 440CC CNC Wire Eroder (2006)
·XYZ 500LR 3 Axis Vertical Milling Machine (2017)
·Plus Many Others...
Please visit our Website: www.cottandco.com
Online Auction Sale
Range of Excellent Condition Tornos
Sliding Head CNC Lathes, Colchester Tornado/Boley CNC Lathes, Haas Super Mini Mill, Manual Lathes & more previously
Bidding Ends: Thursday 19th March 2026 at 3pm (UK Time)
Location: Kent, UK. Viewing by appointment only
·Tornos Evo Deco 32/10 Sliding Head Lathe (2016)
·Tornos Deco Sigma 32 Sliding Head Lathe (2011)
·Tornos Deco Sigma 20 Sliding Head Lathe (2007)
·Tornos CT20 Sliding Head Lathe (2015)
·Tornos Delta 12/5 II Sliding Head Lathe (2013)
·Tornos Deco 2000/10 Factory Overhauled 2016 Sliding Head Lathe (2000)
·Tornos Deco 2000/10 Sliding Head Lathe (2000)
·Plus Many Others...
Timed Auction Ending Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 10.30am (Staggered)
Viewing will be at the Auction Rooms on Tuesday 10th March 2026
Lots will include Small Domestic Appliances, Lounge Suite and Occasional Furniture, Table Lamps, Small Collectables, Bric-a-Brac, China and Glassware, Pine and Other Furniture, Items of Gold and Silver, Small Collectables, Curios, Bric-a-Brac, Etc
Timed Online Auction Ending Thursday 16th March 2026, at 10.30am
Viewing will be at the Auction Rooms on Friday 13th March 2026 10am to 3:30pm
Lots will include Maxi-M2030 & SO609B CNC Routers, Flame Polisher, Axminster TSCE-400R-1 400mm Industrial Table Saw, CR Clarke Diamond Edge Polisher 1550, RHF Industrial Twin Head Polishing / Buffing Machine, CR Clarke / CRE Thermobend 3 Metre Hot Wire Heater, AEON Lasers CNC Laser Cutting & Engraving Machines, Powell CNC / AEON Nova 14 Elite CNC Laser Cutting & Engraving Machine, Compressors, Joinery Equipment, Pillar Drills, Routers, Pallet and Storage Racking, Electric and Manual Pallet Trucks, 40’ Tri-Axle Curtain Side Trailer, Office and IT Equipment, Stock of Cut and Full Perspex and Acrylic Sheet Material, Etc
Timed Online Auction Ending Monday 23rd March 2026 at 10.30am (Staggered)
Viewing will be at the Auction Rooms on Friday 20th March 9am – 6pm
Antique and Collectables
APRIL SALES
Timed Online Auction Ending Monday 15th April 2026 at 10.30am (Staggered) Viewing will be at the Auction Rooms on Friday 14th April 9am – 6pm
Building and Joinery Equipment
Timed Online Auction Ending Thursday 16th April 2026, at 10.30am Viewing will be at the Auction Rooms on Tuesday 14th April 2026
SCM SI3200 Sliding Table Panel Saw, Wadkin Planer, Sedgwick Mortiser, Sedgwick Two Headed Tenoner, Wadkin Spindle Moulder, Startrite Band Saw, Mitre Saws, Dust Extraction, Pillar Drills, Sash Clamps, Petrol and Diesel Driven Generators, Ifor Williams Plant Trailer, Scaffolding, Hand and Power Tools, Stock of Electrical Components, Building Materials, Wall and Floor Tiles, Office and IT Equipment , Pallet Trucks, Security Doors, Etc…
• Export type shipping container, 20ft Office Furniture & Equipment:
• Shenzhen Creality CR-10 3d printers (2-off, 2017)
• Range of laminate furnishings
• Laptops and associated IT
Please go to www.lsh.co.uk/assetadvisory or
ON VIEW: Monday 23rd March 2026, between 10am and 4pm
AT: Units 11/12 Blake Mill Business Park, Brue Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 5LT
BIDDING
CLOSES: Tuesday 24th March 2026 from 3pm
COLLECTION: Thursday 26th to Tuesday 31st March 2026, between 9am and 4pm - excluding weekends
This is a full PPE site – visitors must wear adequate PPE at all times
For further details please contact:
Adam Marx | amarx@lsh.co.uk
Lambert Smith Hampton, 2nd Floor, 10 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BN
SALE BY ONLINE AUCTION
Upon the instructions of Gareth Stones M.I.P.A of Stones & Co Insolvency Practitioners Limited, 63 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 4PT, the Liquidator of Windsor Glass & Glazing Co Limited
Glass Processing Equipment Including Cutting, Edging, Grinding, Hot Melt, Washing & Factory Equipment etc (Subject to Availability)
Including: Grinding & Cutting:
• MTL CNC Cougar XY ED Glass cutting table with Makita SRS glass cutter
• Intermec Biesse glass & stone Master Groove 1500 CNC bridge type stone and glass cutting machine (2000)
• Shandong E World Machine Co E-LD 4325 glass straight edge grinding machine
• Glass edging machines (2off)
• Glass belt linisher
Washer:
• Atlantic Machinery Atlantic 6 pass through glass washer type 068 (2012)
Compressors:
• Atlas Copco GA7VSD air compressor (2018)
• Atlas Copco GA7FF air compressor
• Tundra refrigerant air dryer
• Vertical air receiver
General:
• Thermoseal MK313 hot melt extruder
• Thermoseal Butaseal MKIV/A hot melt extruder (2000)
• Thermoseal roller tables (2018-2off)
• Metral TDIA glass drill
• John Rouse glass machining glass puller
• SCV System BM1
• FP Mistral 1200 sand blaster
• Einhill bench top chop saw
• ‘A’ framed stillages
• Glass storage racks
• Layup tables
• Office furniture
• IT equipment
Stock:
• Display stock
• Glass Stock
Please go to www.lsh.co.uk/assetadvisory or ON VIEW: Wednesday 25th March 2026, between 10am and 3pm AT: Windsor Glass & Glazing Co Ltd, Invest House, West Industrial Park, Bruce Road, Fforest-fach, SA45 4HS
BIDDING
CLOSES: Thursday 26th March 2026 from 1pm
COLLECTION: Monday 30th March to Wednesday 1st April 2026, between 9am to and 4pm
This is a full PPE site – visitors must wear adequate PPE at all times
For further details please contact: Adam Marx | amarx@lsh.co.uk Lambert Smith Hampton, 2nd Floor, 10 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BN
Auctioneer Feature
National auction house John Pye & Sons Limited has been appointed as a supplier on two lots of the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) RM6354 Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions framework.
The company has secured positions on Lot 4b –Managed Service for Recycling and Disposal and Lot 4c –Managed Service for Asset Recovery. Through these appointments, the John Pye Auctions team will deliver valuation and auction services to support the remarketing, recycling and disposal of a wide range of public sector assets.
Assets covered under the framework include vehicles, plant, machinery, IT equipment and medical equipment. The agreement also covers the sale of items confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), including luxury watches, handbags and artwork.
The RM6354 Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions framework provides public sector organisations with resale and auction services. It replaces the previous RM6171 Courier and Specialist Movements framework, on which John Pye was also an appointed supplier.
With more than 50 years of industry experience, John Pye delivers thousands of online auctions each year through its network of 20 UK sites and an international hub in Spain.
Crown Commercial Service works with the public sector to secure strong commercial and procurement outcomes
About John Pye Auctions
when sourcing common goods and services. In the 2024/2025 financial year, CCS customers achieved commercial benefits worth more than £5.3 billion compared to current market comparators.
Addison Pye, Director at John Pye, said: “We are really pleased to be appointed to this public sector framework, providing continuity of supply for valuation and auction services. As a leading provider of fully managed auction and asset recovery services nationwide, we’re proud to provide resale and auctioning solutions for all public sector organisations, which support the aim of delivering best value for money for tax payers”
To find out more about John Pye Auctions and the services it offers, visit www.johnpye.co.uk
John Pye Auctions is one of the UK’s leading auction houses, hosting weekly sales across a wide range of lots – from vehicles and electronics to luxury jewellery and watches – from its Nottingham head office and flagship East Midlands hub. Based on a 5+ acre site at the former Star Brewery in New Basford, the facility features six salerooms and two vehicle compounds, making it the largest independent, brick-built auction site in the UK.
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In business, the pressure to invest in new equipment is constant.
Upgrading machinery, replacing IT systems or expanding a vehicle fleet can make new equipment appealing, offering reliability and efficiency.
However, David Tannock, Personal and Business Debt Adviser at Scotland Debt Solutions, says one of the smartest decisions a company can make, particularly when cash flow is tight, is to consider buying second hand.
Tannock notes that financial pressure is often caused not by turnover, but by how cash moves in and out of a business. This is where the second-hand market, particularly asset auctions, can play an important role in protecting cash flow.
Preserving Working Capital
One of the most immediate benefits of buying pre-owned equipment is the significantly lower upfront cost. Assets purchased at auction or through reputable resale channels often come at a fraction of the price of new equivalents.
For example, a manufacturing firm might find refurbished machinery available at 40–60% less than the cost of buying new. Savings like this can preserve valuable working capital, allowing businesses to cover wages, pay suppliers or invest elsewhere. In practical terms, liquidity buys time and time can be critical when navigating financial pressure.
Reducing Financial Commitments
Many businesses rely on asset finance to make equipment purchases manageable, but financing also introduces long-term repayment commitments. If trading dips unexpectedly, these fixed costs can quickly put pressure on cash flow.
Buying second hand can reduce this risk. Lower prices may allow businesses to purchase assets outright or reduce the amount of finance required, resulting in fewer fixed costs and greater flexibility.
Avoiding the Steepest Depreciation
New assets depreciate quickly, particularly in their first year. By purchasing used equipment, businesses avoid this initial drop in value and can often achieve a faster return on investment.
For companies operating in asset-heavy sectors such as engineering, construction and transport, this approach can help protect the balance sheet while still expanding operational capacity.
Opportunities Through Asset Auctions
Asset auctions offer a practical route to sourcing quality equipment at competitive prices. Buyers can access a wide range of machinery, vehicles and specialist assets while comparing market prices in real time.
In some cases, even brand-new equipment becomes available through auctions when businesses release surplus assets or restructure operations. For companies looking to grow without draining reserves, auctions can provide a valuable route to ownership.
A Strategic Approach to Growth
Protecting cash flow remains a constant responsibility for business owners. Buying second hand is not simply a cost-saving exercise; it’s a strategic way to expand capacity while keeping financial risk under control.
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