Glass Craftsmen Commercial Glazing Business For Sale

Business description

The company are a traditional glass merchant in every sense and provide the full range of glass products, ancillary services and maintenance services. The company has been providing professional solutions and exceptional services for over seventy years and prides itself on its ability to cover every aspect of glass and glazing related services.
Based in Greater Manchester the company has been at its current location for some years and is very well established within the market with an enviable reputation based on trust, quality and reliability.

The Company prides itself on offering its clients an unparalleled range of glazing products and services including decorative glass process and provision. The company carries out leaded-light repairs to existing leaded-lights. They can also provide a design service for the manufacture of new leaded lights to customer’s specific requirements, both for trade and retail. Further decorative works carried out include: acid-etching, sandblasting and bevelling. In fact all the ‘traditional’ old skills as they call them, both for residential use for private customers and also for public houses (breweries), builders and shop fitters. All work is carried out in-house. Regarding design, these can be produced by ourselves, or we can work to customer-produced designs.

Property information

Location:

The business is located in a prominent position on a main route within the city. The premises have good frontage and comprise a semi-detached single storey warehouse of some 4000 square feet with additional second-storey integral offices of around 1000 square feet. The building comprises steel frame with brick infill and pitched roof. The building is approximately 30 years old. All utility services are connected including broadband.

Should the buyer not wish to purchase the freehold the vendor is willing to sell the business as a stand-alone entity (asking price less agreed freehold valuation at time of sale) and negotiate a suitable lease/rental agreement if required.

Other information

Expansion potential:

The business is well positioned in the market for its next level of growth. It has an excellent foundation with high quality staff, a strong customer base and an excellent reputation. A new owner with new ideas and energy could further exploit the current operation and maximise revenues by further developing the existing database and moving into new markets.

Competition / Market:

The company does limited advertising and has a website. Further development in this area would significantly increase sales and revenues.

Support & training:

The current owners will fully assist in handover and training

Reasons for selling:

The owner wishes to pursue other business and personal interests.

Trading hours:

Monday- Friday 0800-16.30. Emergency Glazing Response 24/7.