The remaining stock of one of the region’s largest importers and wholesalers of garden furniture is to go under the hammer in Scunthorpe.

The sell-off will include everything from top quality teak chairs and tables to parasols, gazebos and picnic hampers.Paul Cooper, from CJM, the firm organising the auction, said: “The furniture is being sold off following the decision of a large group to close down its division operating in this business.


“They have been around a long time but like a lot of other people they have been badly hit by the shocking weather which has cut demand for this type of furniture.”

Tomorrow’s auction at CJM’s centre on Brigg Road will also see the equipment of a collapsed Grimsby catering firm – Freshney Pasties – go under the hammer.

Mr Cooper said: “Freshney Pasties was part of a franchise operation and it hit trouble when its parent company went under. Overnight its supplier was no longer there.

“We’ve now been sent the equipment for disposal, everything ranging from the Italian-style coffee machine, to the panini press and including some very smart heated display units and even the cold room, which has been dismantled and is now flat-packed.

“It is expensive, good quality, commercial catering equipment which is in excellent condition.”

The auction also includes some valuable woodworking equipment, forklift trucks and a number of vans.

In all the sale extends to almost 600 lots.

Viewing sessions are today 1pm-7pm and tomorrow from 8.30am until the start of the sale at 10am.

Catalogues are available from CJM or can be downloaded free of charge from the firm’s website www.cjmasset.com