Auction News Magazine - 15 May 2026

The 15 May 2026 issue of Auction News brings together the latest plant, machinery, vehicle and industrial auctions from across the UK. This week’s edition features a broad range of sales covering advanced laboratory equipment, long wheel base transit vans, tool hire equipment, meat processing and packaging machinery, catering equipment, heavy haulage tractor units, arboricultural assets and wider industrial machinery.

Alongside the auction listings, the issue also includes auction software and wider industry coverage, with BidHarvest featured in the magazine and the Auction Services Hub continuing to highlight providers across auction software, consultancy, manufacturing and related trade services. It also includes editorial and auctioneer news, including BTG Eddisons Property Auctions and BPI.

With more than 65 years in the auction industry, Auction News continues to connect buyers with trusted auctioneers and service providers across the UK and beyond.

Featuring: Plant, Food Processing, Vehicle and Industrial Auctions

This week’s issue includes auctions across plant and machinery, commercial vehicles, laboratory equipment, tool hire assets, food processing and packaging machinery, arboricultural equipment and heavy haulage. It gives buyers and sellers a broad view of current UK auction activity across industrial and specialist sectors.

Featured Auctions in This Week’s Issue

Light Commercials, Cars, HGVs, Plant, Machinery & Tools – Burnley Auctioneers

A timed online auction featuring light commercials, cars, HGVs, plant, machinery and tools, with bidding live through to 20 May.

Advanced Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry & Bioprocessing Equipment – EquipNet

A specialist laboratory sale including systems from Agilent Technologies, AB Sciex, Sartorius, Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems and Tecan.

Selection of Long Wheel Base Transit Vans – Hickman Shearer

A sale of eleven long wheel base Transit vans, offered on behalf of a major finance company, with low mileage and non-branded vehicles highlighted in the issue.

IT, Phones, PCs, Photography & Office Furniture and Commercial Catering Equipment – G J Wisdom & Co

An online auction of IT stock, laptops, phones, PCs, monitors, photography equipment, office furniture and more from Orpington, Kent. The issue also highlights a second G J Wisdom sale of commercial catering equipment, restaurant furniture, fine china and alcohol stock.

Entire Contents of Swindon, Torquay and Bridgewater Tool Hire Depots – Hilco

Phase 4 of the Brandon Hire sales, featuring around 17,700 items of ex-tool hire equipment, small plant and consumables across three depot locations.

Two Superb Modern Meat Processing and Packaging Facilities – Hilco

A substantial food production sale including thermoformers, checkweighers, mixer grinders, pouch fillers, retort ovens, vacuum fillers, slicers, dicers, conveyors, pallet wrappers, racking and refrigerated vehicles.

The Assets of an Arboricultural Contractor – Gavel Auctioneers

Featuring Timberwolf chippers, arb tipper trucks, pickup-mounted cherry pickers and plant trailers.

Heavy Haulage Tractor Units – Sanderson Weatherall

A specialist haulage sale including MAN, Scania and Mercedes tractor units across a range of axle and weight configurations.

Heidenrich & Harbeck Deep Hole Boring & Sunnen Honing Machines – Cottrill & Co

Including a deep hole borer, horizontal hone and heavy duty CNC lathes, together with a separate ex-Formula 1 sale of Charmilles wire-cut and die-sink electro-discharge machines.

You can explore more auctions across these sectors on Auction News, with new listings and spotlight sales featured throughout the issue.

Auction Technology & Industry Features

The issue also includes auctioneer and industry coverage, including BTG Eddisons Property Auctions appointing Lucy Crapper, and BPI supporting Leeds Modernians Cricket Club through grassroots sponsorship. Alongside Auction News' weekly insight into a smarter approach to buying through car auctions.

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