Marriott & Co. secured an excellent result in the recent online auction of the assets of leading design firm Dubois Naval Architects Ltd (In Liquidation). Assets of Dubois Naval Architects sold at auction

How much would it cost to reinstate your business in the event of a loss? It is both surprising and alarming how many business owners cannot answer this question with confidence. Have you considered the indemnity period you will require, the effect Brexit and the fall of the pound will have on importing your replacement plant and machinery, the changes in your stock level since you last renewed your business […]

This is an age old question pondered by valuation experts many times over. I believe that most valuers tend to err on the side of valuation being an art rather than a science, mainly on the basis that it requires judgment and is a statement of opinion not fact. However, I believe it is reasonable to disagree with the proposition that valuation is an art not a science to some […]

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The SESCA annual residential insolvency conference is just around the corner, on Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July at the Surrey University, Guildford, have you booked your place? There are a range of speakers throughout the seminar covering topical subjects.  Marriott & Co. will be attending and also hosting pre-dinner drinks in the bar on Thursday 30 June. We hope you will be joining the event, further details can be […]

A busy start to the year for the Marriott & Co. disposal team with various online asset sales completed. The assets sold included Sheet Metal Machine Tools, Woodworking Equipment, Motor Vehicles, Audio Visual Stage Equipment, Motorbikes and Scooters, stock of Formal Menswear, a vast Model Train Collection together with a sale of a Residential House in the Dordogne. Ongoing negotiations for the sale of a solvent Property Maintenance Company continue. […]

In 2013 our Director of Valuations, Tom Allman, completed his BSc degree in Estate Management achieving First Class Honours. His final year dissertation was a project entitled: “a researched refinement of the Depreciated Replacement Cost (DRC) method as a guide to market values (MV) for Machinery & Business Assets valuers.” Depreciated Replacement Cost (DRC) is a valuation method that can be used by machinery valuers as a tool for estimating […]

I thought I would post this essay as a ‘refresher’ for busy professionals who sometimes need reminding of the basic principles underlying the established legal system we all abide by. There are two main legal sources that court judgments are based on. These two sources are legislation, formed under the authority of Parliament, and case law, known as judicial precedent. Judges have to take account of both of these sources […]

This company was an insolvency which we dealt with a few years ago and it had many different aspects to it. The case involved us attending a printing shop and carrying out a survey of all the chattel assets on site (which included printing machinery and equipment as well as office furniture /equipment) then producing a market valuation report and categorising the assets as either unencumbered, financed or third party owned. […]

By Thomas Allman MRICS Back in the day (or so I’m told!) insurance valuations were ‘all the rage’. 40 years ago or so, insurance valuations made up a large proportion of an asset valuer’s work load. One reason for this could be the high inflation back in the 1970s meaning that under insurance was an even greater risk than it is today. Most insurance policies offer a ‘new for old’ […]