PPS Paviour Property Services

Paviour Property Services, business transfer agents for leasehold and freehold sales

PPS Paviour Property Services is a business transfer agent focused exclusively on the sale and transfer of leasehold and freehold businesses. The company states that it does not combine this activity with other types of commercial or property sales or lettings, dedicating its work to owners who want a professional firm to handle the marketing and sale of their business. Its stated aim is to introduce qualified, serious buyers to motivated vendors so that sales reach completion quickly and without friction.

The firm was set up by a team with prior experience in business transfer and commercial property sales, and presents that background as the basis of its advisory work for both sellers and buyers.

Selling a business through PPS

On the sell side, PPS manages the full process from valuation to completion. The company describes its contracts as fair, flexible and transparent, and says it works only with committed vendors. It also refers to incentives offered to sellers and to handling mandates with discretion and confidentiality. According to its own presentation, there is no obligation when discussing a sale and no pressure selling.

Additional services listed for sellers include Energy Performance Certificates, a freehold valuation route and a Private Sellers Club. The site also mentions a referral programme.

Buying a business and the current catalogue

For buyers, PPS publishes a selection of leasehold and freehold businesses for sale and allows users to register an account to be alerted to new listings. The company says registered users are notified by phone, email and text, and that its database is updated daily. It also states that it can arrange viewings quickly and methodically and that it does not proactively cross-sell other products and services.

The listings shown at the time of writing illustrate the range of the catalogue, with asking prices from £17,500 to £215,000. Examples include a two-storey bridal boutique with a private bridal suite in Billericay, Essex (£99,995); premises suitable for hair and beauty, barbers or an A1 coffee shop (£39,995 and £17,500); an A3 café or coffee shop in a shopping centre in Essex (£175,000); a beauty and aesthetics salon in Essex (£215,000); a corner-plot pizza restaurant and bar in the Greenwich/Blackheath area (£49,995); a fully fitted hot food trailer at Stratford Market described as a non-trading business (£19,995); and a café or bistro with a midnight alcohol licence in the Clapham/Brixton area (£89,995).

Sectors covered

The company groups its mandates into sectors that include licensed premises, beauty, newsagents and convenience retail, corporate, automotive, hotels, leisure, health and care, catering and food, kennels and catteries, and gyms.

Coverage and offices

PPS describes national coverage for business sales, with offices placed to visit businesses in London, the South East, East Anglia, the South and the South West of England. Valuations are also offered as far north as the West and East Midlands. The company lists businesses for sale by region across the UK, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West London, South East, South West, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

It operates from three offices: the head office in Leigh-on-Sea (Essex), a London office on Paul Street and a Kent office in Tunbridge Wells. Contact details for each are listed separately in this directory.

How the firm presents its approach

PPS summarises its working philosophy with the line that action must always exceed expectation, and describes its service as energetic, professional and transparent. It also states that it advertises its listings through third-party channels, without specifying them in the material reviewed.