PYES BACK ON PRIME TIME TV

John Pye & Sons are back on prime time TV with details of a £3M Retail Clearance Stock Auction Month.

An intensive schedule spanning 12 days, featuring more than 25 prime time adverts, is currently appearing on ITV during popular favourite programmes including Coronation Street, This Morning, Live Champions League coverage and ITV News.

PYES BIRMINGHAM OFFICE LAUNCHED

JOHN PYE & SONS has officially opened in the West Midlands with a launch event held in Birmingham, attended by more than 100 guests from Banking, Finance, Insolvency and Law.

The event was held at The Living Room in Broad Street, Birmingham, near Pyes' Birmingham office in Victoria Square.

Since its operational opening in June, the office has secured 245 instructions before any marketing activity. It is headed up by well established and respected Auctioneer & Valuer, Bob Beaumont, a former secretary of the UK's National Association of Valuers & Auctioneers.

Bob retains an active role within NAVA, raising the profile of the organisation; helping to develop new and young Auctioneers and Valuers, as well as organising national events and lobbying Government on industry matters.

Working out of John Pye & Sons' new office in Victoria Square, Bob is supported by the firm's head office staff headcount of more than 50 employees, encompassing Valuers, Auctioneers, Logistics, Marketing, Sales and Accounts support.

John Pye & Sons MD Adam Pye said: "It is very early days but already in just over four months the office has secured 245 instructions; which is an encouraging statistic. The Birmingham team is supported by more than 50 staff from our Head Office incorporating Auctioneers, Valuers, Marketers, IT, Logistics and Accounts staff.

"The West Midlands is a big region with a significant industrial heartland at its core. It is an area in which we have found ourselves working in on cases more and more over the years, so this development is a natural progression of John Pye & Sons' organic growth and testament to our dedicated team of staff."

Pictured above: Adam Pye, MD, welcomes Bob Beaumont onboard as Pyes West Midlands Regional Head, operating from One Victoria Square, Birmingham.

Pyes at First UK Exclusive Merc E Class Launch

John Pye & Sons were invited to the UK's first exclusive Mercedes E Class launch, held at Donington Park Motor Racing Track Circuit near East Midlands Airport.

Mercedes supplied their full retail range for the day, from A to S Class cars, including high performance AMG models, including the stunning C63 AMG and SL63 AMGs.

The full day at Donington was bathed in glorious sunshine, making for perfect conditions to test Mercedes' vehicle range, including the E Class Coupe.

Auctions under The Times spotlight

As the Credit Crunch continues to bite, auctions remain in the headlines and The Times national newspaper has been the latest to focus on UK auctions, featuring John Pye & Sons' MD, Adam Pye.

Full version of The Times article available here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/consumer_affairs/article6487738.ece

Pyes Spearhead Nationwide Disposals Agency Launch

John Pye & Sons have co-founded and launched a new company which will offer the UK disposals market with a national 'One-Stop-Shop' for appraisals, valuations, clearances, auctions, transport and storage.

NDA UK Ltd, trading as the Nationwide Disposals Agency, is a network of ten of some of the biggest independent commerial auction houses in the UK, offering 15 tangible asset facilities, known as NDA branches.

The central head office is based at James Shipstone House in Nottingham, where marketing, administration and accounts will be managed, with instructions UK wide also overseen from Nottingham with all members connected remotely through digital case management systems.

To contact the NDA call 0870 951 5000.

For recent press coverage and further details of the NDA go to:

http://www.thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk/News/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham-auctioneer-launches-national-disposals-.aspx

Pyes Website Receives a Surge in Mailing List Requests

John Pye & Sons' website received a surge in emailing list subscription requests after BBC2 broadcast a repeat of the Money Programme's Credit Crunch special, which featured Pyes auctions.

The programme can be viewed on BBC's iPlayer at: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fcvrl/b00fcvm7/Credit_Crash_Britain_Money_for_Nothing/

Strong Viewing Figures for BBC2 Money Programme Featuring John Pye & Sons

TV viewing figures have revealed that 2.2 million UK viewers tuned into BBC2's Money Programme, which featured John Pye & Sons auctions, on Thursday November 6th. 

The figure is considered a strong count for BBC2 and may rise as the documentary is also available on 'iPlayer', an online viewing portal on the BBC website. The documentary can be accessed at: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fcvrl/b00fcvm7/Credit_Crash_Britain_Money_For_Nothing/

John Pye & Sons auction features 4 minutes into the programme. 

BBC Money Programme Film at Pyes Auction

A Production crew from BBC2's Money Programme visited John Pye & Sons' auctions on Thursday September 18th to film material for a forthcoming documentary on the Credit Crunch.

The TV crew travelled to Nottingham from London and spent five hours filming Saleroom 2 viewing, the auction itself inside the bidding rooms, buyers and conducted an interview with Pyes MD and Principal Auctioneer, Adam Pye.

The documentary is to be shown on Thursday November 6th on BBC2 at 7.20pm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3787311.stm

Weather Fails to Dampen Pyes 40th Celebrations

DESPITE a downpour, the weather failed to put a dampener on John Pye & Sons' 40th Anniversary celebrations at Wollaton Hall on Tuesday September 9th (2008). 

More than 130 guests attended the event, ranging from clients among retail, recovery, banking, finance and law to auction customers, suppliers, friends and Pyes staff, to enjoy a night of celebration and entertainent to mark the company's 40th year in business. 

Guests were treated to a free bar and buffet all night and the Great Hall of Wollaton Hall was transformed with a red carpet, 200 Pyes 40th branded balloons, ambient lighting in the company's colours and specially ordered frames of Pyes historic brochures, auction adverts, press cuttings and company pictures. 

A jazz band played to guests from the Minstrels gallery and a casino pit was set up (pictured left) offering games of poker, craps, roulette and blackjack and a magician mingled among guests performing astounding magic tricks.  

 

MD Adam Pye (pictured below with fellow Pyes family members and Directors) thanked guests for their support over the 40 years and added: "The evening has been a tremendous success and will be remembered fondly by many. We now look forward to the next ten years of trading and expansion and to the company's 50th anniversary."

More pictures from the evening can be viewed in this month's issue of Nottinghamshire Today magazine, available from all good newsagents and supermarkets within Nottinghamshire.  

Plant Disposal Secured

JOHN PYE & SONS have beaten off stiff national competition to secure the disposal of approx. £600,000 of contractors plant.

Due to cessation of contracts within the building trade, a Midlands plant hire firm has instructed Pyes to manage the disposal for part of its portfolio.

The auction will be held on Tuesday August 26th from 12pm within Pyes' two acre compound at James Shipstone House and is expected to draw buyers from across the UK and overseas.

More details at: http://www.johnpye.co.uk/plant.html