Frank Salt & Co. are now celebrating over 61 successful years of business.

The family business is run by Mr. Bill Ward.

Originally the company was started up in 1948 by Mr William (Bill) Ward Snr.
Sadly William passed away in 1997 before witnessing his company entering it's half century.
He started the business in foundry, plant and ancillary equipment.
Mr Paul James Ward joined the company in the late 1950's and ran the business until he passed away in November 2008.
The business diversified with Frank Salt & Co building over-head electric traveling cranes and electric hoist blocks.
This part of the business was sold on in the mid-seventies with the companies emphasis turning to the machine tools industry.

Asset Brokers

We now specialise in purchasing machine tools, single machines and complete factories, including freeholds.

• With the recent trend for companies to use CNC machinery we have now diversified in supplying all types of CNC Machine Tools, i.e. Horizontal Machining Centres, Vertical Machining Centres, CNC Lathes, Sliding head CNC Lathes, and Multi Axis CNC lathes.
  
• All the popular makes particularly Hitachi Seiki, Mazak, Mori Seiki, Okuma, Nakamura, Citizen, Star, Toshiba, Emco, and Daewoo are included in our large inventory.
  
• All machines can be viewed under power and cutting tests can be carried out.
  

One area of our business concentrates on buying and selling machinery worldwide. We have bought and sold to companies in America, Australia and even Israel, keeping close relationships with Germany and the rest of the E.U.

Commercial Property Landlords

Frank Salt & Co. also acquires factories with a view to renting to prospective tenants.

• We are always actively seeking more properties with income and capital growth potential. Our main activity is to selectively develop and invest in modern industrial and commercial buildings around the UK.
  
• This side of the business is particularly strong on the Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, where the company is based. We currently own a large percentage of that estate.
  
• This side of the business began in 1961 when we first moved to Sandy Lane. We originally built one of the first factories on the estate and then continued to move to new premises when new tenants came along.
  

Frank Salt & Co now own over a quarter of a million square feet of commercial space across the UK.

Do you want to sell your Commercial property?

Are creditors pressuring you?

Does your Business need cash to expand?

If the answer is yes to any of these questions then Frank Salt & Co. can help!
We are interested in all commercial properties whether it is a warehouse, showroom, industrial unit, office premises or retail outlet we can provide a fast and efficient service to release your cash. We can even help if you wish to sell your business along with your property.

Do you want to sell your Property and Business?
We can buy your property and assist with the sale of your business. It is a more affordable offering when selling your business alone, opening a wider market of potential buyers.

Is time running out, do you need to sell your property now?
Frank Salt specialises in a fast efficient purchasing process. On average we complete within 28 days from an offer acceptance.