TRADITIONAL NEWSAGENT & GENERAL STORE IN LIVERPOOL SUBURB

Long established community store offering excellent range of products & services from secure & well fitted parade premises in busy suburban main road position with high volume of year-round regular & passing trade & scope for retail expansion & extended hours etc in ideal location sensibly priced for quick genuine sale after many years with early viewing strongly advised REF 1210

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and highly visible trading position among other complementary independent operators on a busy parade serving the famous and densely populated residential suburb of Knotty Ash, which lies with excellent access to major road and motorway links (A57, A58, A5058, M57 and M62 junction 5 etc.) on the outskirts of the vibrant Merseyside city of Liverpool.

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

This very well established community store currently primarily conducts an extremely popular retail operation of an extensive selection of traditional news, confectionery and tobacco lines.

“Littler’s Newsagents” also stocks an excellent choice of daily shopping essentials, greetings cards, soft drinks, ice-creams and associated sundries, all displayed to its best advantage in a welcoming and secure customer service area which also holds valuable National Lottery, Electronic Paypoint and recently introduced ATM cash machine franchises.

The store additionally supports a good number of local, morning-only news delivery rounds and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with considerable scope for continued growth, not least with regard to still further expansion of the retail products currently offered, to perhaps include alcohol off sales subject to consent, and to further development of its delivery services, particularly for elderly customers in outlying areas.

The business would also benefit by operating significantly extended morning and evening retail hours in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it has achieved in the course of some thirteen successful years’ trading in the hands of the current proprietor, with the aid of an experienced and motivated team of one full-time and four part-time staff, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

These well fitted and maintained leasehold terraced parade premises provide excellent and highly functional internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises an inviting and glazed, double-fronted public entrance directly off East Prescot Road, into the main, bright, good-sized and welcoming retail sales and customer service area with diffused fluorescent lighting and tiled flooring throughout for easy cleaning.

The main public area houses a full range of well maintained, purpose-built display furniture, various glass-fronted and refrigerated soft-drinks and dairy display units, an ice-cream conservator, extensive periodical and greetings cards racking and an ATM cash machine, together with a fully fitted point-of-sale counter area with confectionery and sundry displays, tobacco gantry, “Nescafe” hot drinks vending machine, electronic till point, National Lottery terminal and full complement of electronic Paypoint facilities.

Further ancillary internal business accommodation consists of a good-sized general storeroom, together with a small, fully furnished and equipped private and general administration office area and access to all the usual washroom/WC facilities.

The premises also enjoy the benefit of electric heating, in addition to the added security benefits of steel roller shutters to the shop front, CCTV monitoring and a full alarm system.

Externally:

To the front the premises are well signed and presented and afford extensive and inviting, double-fronted display window space onto a high footfall suburban main road parade, with unrestricted customer parking available locally.

The premises also incorporate a useful enclosed private service yard area to the rear.

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