Business For Sale

Business for Sale Overview:

The company was established in 2003 and was subsequently purchased by its present Director. It has built itself a good reputation for reliability and quality and is a well known name in the industry. It specializes in importing a broad range of wooden planters, woven basketry, zinc made watering cans and miniature troughs that it wholesales to horticultural growers and private and group owned garden centre’s across the UK. The business sources a broad range of one hundred and twenty different items from a number of suppliers based in China and Vietnam. They presently import around twenty containers of items per annum which are then picked, packed and distributed from a warehouse based in the Midlands. The company has an extensive database of around three thousand five hundred customers and actively supply a good spread of seven hundred customers across the UK with no one client generating the lion’s share of the revenue stream.

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Property Features and Assets:

The company has outsourced all warehousing and deliveries. It rents a section of a distribution warehouse and pays a fee for storage and distribution which fluctuates according to stock levels and sales demand. All staff are provided by the distribution company. Storage carries an annual fee of around £60,000 with distribution being a further £110,000.

Market Competition and Expansion:

The business has its own web site and attends exhibitions and trade shows. It produces a high quality comprehensive catalogue which is sent out twice a year to meet the demands of the Spring and Autumn market.

Reason for Selling:

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