New guidelines will help councils get the most from e-auctions after they’ve been shown to cut the cost of goods and services by as much as 50%.
Published by the Regional Centres of Excellence Procurement Programme, ‘How to be successful in e-auctions’ aims to share the latest best practice and legal advice with local authorities.
Steve […]

Courtney Smith, 36, of Anderson, Ind. made 4,149.97 in 32 auctions conducted in 2004– the retail value of the software sold was more $700,000, so eBay once again lives up to its reputation as a place for bargain hunters.
In England, criminals never get to be called “Mister” by the newspapers. The US’s Department of Justice […]

COLLEAGUES, clients and fellow professionals gathered in the Guildhall in Salisbury earlier this month to mark the retirement of chartered surveyor and auctioneer Roger Trubshaw.
Mr Trubshaw, who most recently was a consultant with Symonds & Sampson in Salisbury, notched up 48 years in the profession.
Valuing and auctioning property, livestock and farm machinery and implements were […]

H&H, Europe’s largest specialist auctioneers of classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and related memorabilia, has signed a landmark sponsorship agreement with the Vintage Sports-Car Club (VSCC), one of the most established and significant of all UK car clubs.
The multi faceted deal guarantees the auction house ongoing title sponsorship of a range of VSCC events. From hereon, […]

AUCTIONEERS admit they have no evidence to back up a claim that 12,000 new jobs will be created over the next five years at BAE Systems.
It comes after it was placed on two auctioneers’ websites advertising Salthouse Mills, an old Barrow paper mill, which goes up for auction in London with a guide price of […]

A 250-year-old book for 18th Century housewives is to go under the hammer in Staffordshire and is expected to fetch £800.
The book was discovered by Derbyshire and Staffordshire auctioneer Charles Hanson, director of Hansons and expert on BBC 1’s programme Bargain Hunt.

THE Venmore Partnership’s latest Liverpool auction has raised more than £8m.
Venmore’s sold 80% of a very broad catalogue of properties in its March auction, which was held at the Holiday Inn.
Everything from the vacant houses which are popular with investors, to small plots of land and secondary and tertiary retail units with accommodation above, sold […]