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Electrical Maintenance
Essex
£750,000
Busy Essex MOT And Service Business
Brentwood,  Essex
£750,000
Freehold Retailer And Installer Of Aluminium UPVC Windows
Essex
£2,500,000

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Stylish Furniture And Giftware Store Freehold In Essex
Essex
  • Asking Price:  £200k to £500k
  • Turnover: £350,000
  • Net Profit: Undeclared
Over 20 years of real success in Furniture, Giftware, and Yankee Candle, this trendy and stylish store needs a new owner. Current owner has opened similar business in Australia and relocated, so now ...
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  • Profitable Sandwich Franchise In Chelmsford For Sale
Profitable Sandwich Franchise In Chelmsford
Chelmsford, Essex
  • Asking Price:  £180,000
  • Turnover: £350,000
  • Net Profit: £50k to £100k
Excellent opportunity to buy a well-established and profitable sandwich shop. Franchise located in Chelmsford bus station and opposite Chelmsford train station. The store is part of a global brand ...
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  • Unique And Highly Profitable Colchester A3 Cafe Restaurant For Sale
Unique And Highly Profitable Colchester A3 Cafe Restaurant
Colchester, Essex
  • Asking Price:  £135,000
  • Turnover: £200,000
  • Net Profit: £100,000
An outstanding opportunity to acquire a substantial, profitable from A3 cafe/restaurant business, sets in the heart of Colchester city centre, within two minutes walk of the castle park . Grade II lis...
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Warehousing Distribution And Road Haulage Business
Essex
  • Asking Price:  Undeclared
  • Turnover: from £5m
  • Net Profit: Undeclared
Warehousing and Road Haulage Business based in the South East with leased premises. Approximately 60,000 sq ft of warehousing with appropriate yard and offices. Own fleet of Modern Trucks and tr...
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  • Thriving Freehold Fish And Chip Shop In Essex Marina For Sale
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Thriving Freehold Fish And Chip Shop In Essex Marina
Essex
  • Asking Price:  £375,000
  • Turnover: Undeclared
  • Net Profit: Undeclared
A rare opportunity to acquire this thriving Freehold Fish & Chip Restaurant & Takeaway business situated in an enviable location at the Marina of this Essex Coastal town. Genuine reluctant sale of a b...
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Quality B3 Litho Digital And Large Format Printing Business
Essex
  • Asking Price:  Undeclared
  • Turnover: £350,000
  • Net Profit: Undeclared
Richmond Capital Partners are pleased to offer this quality B3 Litho/Digital & Large Format Printing Business to the market located in South East England. This well established business is in an exce...
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Established And Successful Essex Paintless Dent Removal Business
Essex
  • Asking Price:  £50,000
  • Turnover: £55,000
  • Net Profit: £45,000
Established for 5 years Loyal trade customer database with over 90% of existing customers retained from day one Extremely low over heads with 90% NET profit Currently run part time (4 days per week...
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  • African Restaurant In Prominent Dagenham Location For Sale
African Restaurant In Prominent Dagenham Location
Dagenham, Essex
  • Asking Price:  £110,000
  • Turnover: £100,000
  • Net Profit: up to £100k
A nice African Restaurant location in a prominent area. It will conveniently seat 52 customers....
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  • Unique Online Non Sexual Escort Agency For Sale
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Unique Online Non Sexual Escort Agency
Essex
  • Asking Price:  £4,295
  • Turnover: £45,000
  • Net Profit: £14,000
We are pleased to offer for sale our unique, nationwide and completely non sexual escort agency. We currently have over 100 members of staff on the website (increasing weekly) with their own profiles,...
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  • Premier Convenience Store In Colchester Essex For Sale
Premier Convenience Store In Colchester Essex
Colchester, Essex
  • Asking Price:  £59,000
  • Turnover: £360,000
  • Net Profit: Undeclared
This is to confirm that a newly started convenience store & off licence for quick sale. due to urgent personal financial problem.. The shop contains with the upstair two bed room flat and confortable...
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