POPULAR LICENSED CONVENIENCE STORE IN COLNE

Super opportunity to acquire thriving community store achieving T/o £250,000PA GP 27.5% * Offers excellent range of products & services * Spacious & secure mini-supermarket premises fitted to superb refurbished specs * Busy suburban through road position * High volume of year-round regular & passing trade * Lots of further potential in prime location * Sensibly priced for quick genuine sale * Viewing highly recommended REF 1098

The subject premises occupy an ideal trading position with little in the way of direct local competition on the good and well populated residential outskirts of the vibrant satellite market town of Colne, which lies with excellent access to major road and motorway links (A56, A6068, A682 and M65 junction 13 etc.) and approximately 6 miles from Burnley, in Lancashire.

We are delighted to present this excellent opportunity to acquire a thriving commercial proposition of uncommon quality and real further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This long established community store currently primarily conducts an extremely useful and popular retail operation of an extensive selection of market-leading daily shopping essentials.

The store’s products include general and frozen convenience grocery items, fresh bought-in bakery and dairy products, general household goods, over-the-counter news, confectionery tobacco lines, greetings cards, associated sundries and an excellent choice of traditional beers, wines and spirits, all displayed to its very best advantage in a bright, spacious and welcoming, mini-supermarket-style customer service area.

“Crown News” also holds a valuable National Lottery franchise and operates from premises of a size which would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to still further expansion of the retail products currently offered and to the possible introduction of local delivery services, particularly for elderly customers in outlying areas.

The business would also benefit by operating significantly extended retail hours in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it is achieving in the hands of the current proprietor, with the aid of just one part-time assistant, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

Fitted to the highest contemporary industry specifications throughout, thanks to a recent and extensive programme of refurbishment undertaken at great expense by the current proprietor, these substantial and extremely well maintained leasehold commercial premises provide outstanding and highly functional internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises a broad and inviting public entrance directly off Albert Road into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious, open-plan retail sales and customer service area, set out in mini-supermarket style with suspended ceiling, diffused fluorescent lighting and durable, high quality industrial non-slip flooring throughout for easy cleaning.

The main customer service area houses a full range of modern, high quality, fixed and freestanding, purpose-built display furniture and shelving, in addition to various refrigerated and frozen display cabinets, ample periodical racking, a greetings card carousel unit, a large dedicated off-licence section and a prominent, fully fitted point-of-sale counter area with spirits, confectionery and sundry displays, tobacco gantry, ‘Nescafe’ hot drinks vending machine, electronic till point and National Lottery terminal etc.

Further ancillary internal business accommodation consists of a small storage area, together with all the usual washroom/WC facilities.

The premises also enjoy the benefit of electric heating and double glazing, in addition to the added security benefits of CCTV monitoring and a full alarm system.

Externally:

Occupying an ideal trading position with little in the way of direct local competition on a high footfall suburban thoroughfare, to the exterior the premises are well signed and presented, with extensive unrestricted customer parking available locally.

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price