Moores Furniture Group: Around 2,000 items to be auctioned after collapse of Yorkshire furniture firm
An auction is set to be held for around 2,000 items following the collapse of a Yorkshire furniture manufacturer earlier this year.
Yorkshire-based property consultancy Walker Singleton has been appointed to dispose of all the assets of Wetherby-based Moores Furniture Group via online auction.
Established in the 1940s, Moores Furniture Group grew to become one of the UK’s largest kitchen manufacturers, supplying the public sector and housing associations nationally.
The company ceased trading earlier this year.
Walker Singleton will sell more than 2,000 lots across three phases and six online auctions from Moores Furniture Group’s 550,000 sq ft, 35-acre premises at Thorp Arch Estate near Wetherby.
Dan Hey, director at Walker Singleton, said: “The phased auction sales for Moores Furniture Group’s assets will transition through the 35-acre site, allowing redevelopment and refurbishment for the next chapter of the estate.”
Walker Singleton said it was currently preparing the lots for auction, which will comprise a mix of manufacturing, storage and handling equipment, site infrastructure and stock items.
James Clark and Will Wright from Interpath were appointed joint administrators to Moores Furniture Group Limited early this year.
Immediately after their appointment, the pair concluded a sale of the customer list and certain other intellectual property assets to Wren Trade Kitchens Limited, a subsidiary of Wren Kitchens Ltd.
Administrators at the time confirmed the redundancies of approximately 124 employees out of a total of around 450.
James Clark, managing director at Interpath and joint administrator, said in a statement in January: “The strong headwinds facing the UK construction industry continue to have an impact on companies up and down the supply chain. Against this backdrop, we are pleased to have been able to secure a transaction which provides an opportunity to minimise disruption for customers and suppliers, and which will enable Moores’ heritage in kitchen manufacturing to continue as part of the Wren family.”