Niche Road Sweeping Business In Midlands For Sale

Business description

HISTORY

• The business was founded by the current vendor over 15 years ago

REASON FOR SALE

• The business is only now being reluctantly offered for sale to enable the vendor to concentrate on his other unrelated business

SERVICES

• Long and short term hire of road brush sweepers with additional services which include pressure washing, jetting, road planning and gully sweeping
• They also have available a tanker lorry and a hook lift lorry with 15 and 20 yard skips to put on specific jobs when required

CUSTOMERS

• The businesses customers are primarily local councils, builders, quarries, civil engineers and highway maintenance contractors.
• It operates in and around the Midlands but most customers are within an approx 15 mile radius of its base in Worcestershire

STRENGTHS

• An extremely well established business which has been trading for over 15 years
• Excellent range of vehicles
• Large customer spread with no over reliance on any single client
• The vendor is prepared to work with a new owner to ensure a smooth transition and to give the necessary introductions to staff and customers







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Property information

Location:

• The business is currently run from the vendor’s farm premises in Worcestershire
• The vendor however, has a yard which he believes would be suitable and is available

Premises details:

• The business is currently run from the vendor’s farm premises which is in Worcestershire
• The business therefore needs to be re-located, although the vendor has a local yard available should it be necessary
• The business has an excellent range of 9 road sweepers together with a tanker lorry and a hook lift lorry with 15 yard and 20 yard skips

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

• Increasing the working area
• Have another vehicle which would allow them to do more specialised work
• Ideal ‘bolt on’ for another operator working in the same market sector who would be able to eliminate many duplicated overheads
• Approach the major national builders to offer his services

Trading hours:

• As work dictates, can include weekends and nights if required.

Employees:

• 10 full time staff in total including the vendor and his mother, who is the book keeper

Other information

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Relocatable:

This business can be relocated.