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Hotels Guesthouses LICENCED CONVENIENCE STORE, Licensed Retail BETTYHILL, , KW14 7SS Offices Industrial

Highly popular licensed grocers and newsagent Units Excellent trading location within picturesque Bettyhill A smart well maintained business with strong turnover andA excellent profit conversionA rates Scope for further business development York House The sale of this store offers an enviable self-employment lifestyle opportunity in a 20 Church tremendous setting Street A Inverness Telephone 01463 714757

Swww.bedandbreakfastsales.co.uk SOffers AroundS £140,000 (Freehold) GGG DESCRIPTION The Store, Bettyhill is a most popular licensed grocery business situated in an exceptional trading location. The business caters for a solid year-round demand from local residents with the addition of strong tourist trade which peaks between Easter and October. Trade is driven through traditional grocery and news agency sales which have evolved over recent times to include a wide range of merchandise in this compact yet exceptionally well presented store. The shop provides for the daily needs for local inhabitants as there are no major retailer operators within the immediate area and this enables many complementary items to be sold such as fresh and frozen produce, freezer display cabinets show produce to best effect. Spacious stock chilled diary products, meats, greeting cards, storage facilities and convenient access for deliveries is another bakery lines, both soft and alcoholic drinks and attractive feature of this well presented store. Indeed, the capacity tobacco / confectionery sales. In addition the of non-facing customer facilities could be used to develop the shop Store also hires out videos and sells bottled provision further or to provide other direct customer services. gas and coal. As an interesting and unusual aspect of the business, the owner manages The Highlands of are famous for spectacular scenery and the sale of fishing permits. This is a significant rugged coastline and challenging mountains, a reputation which is aspect of the business and has the benefit of comfortably upheld by North Sutherland. The wonderful unspoilt drawing in sales for other goods on offer. The scenery of the famous coast line and surrounding hills combine to business is held in high regard locally with make this a most attractive area. The region attracts a high customer a strong and loyal customer base. The Store footfall from visitors to the Store in the summer months as there offers local deliveries using its own vehicle for is no shortage of opportunities in the immediate area for holiday this purpose. makers. For walkers the beautiful Sutherland terrain offers a varied degree of challenge from leisurely hill walking to more demanding Internally the Shop is all at ground level and mountaineering. A wide range of birdlife attracts the ornithologist the thoughtfully laid out retail floor space and the area has a huge appeal to the naturalist. The rivers within is arranged in three aisles. Refrigerated and the region appeal to large numbers of sports fishermen. Sutherland is regarded by many fishermen as “the jewel in the crown” due to its excellent wild brown trout fishing, available in an abundance of accessible hill lochs. Over many years the area has been a favourite of salmon anglers, the local rivers Halladale, , Forss, and Naver offering tremendous sport. There is also the opportunity to undertake sea angling. Golf, touring and genealogy are other favourite pastimes, together with the prospect to visit nearby Scottish castles and other historic sites. Additionally, in the vicinity there are many self-catering accommodation providers, hotels and guest houses whose patrons in turn generate trade for all the services supported by the Store. The present owners purchased the business 20 years ago and have enjoyed the profitable and independent lifestyle that accompanies ownership of a successful business. The proprietors are now planning to retire offering the scope for new owners to acquire this desirable lifestyle opportunity. There is little reason to doubt that enthusiastic new owners would continue to benefit from the successes to date and where desired drive higher turnover through modest business development. THE PROPERTY The property is single storey of timber and block construction under a pitched corrugated iron roof. TRADING AREAS From a prominent roadside location in the village of Bettyhill, the premises have a well signed frontage and easy access. The sales area is intelligently laid out and is extremely well maintained throughout presenting a good range of flexible fixtures and fittings. The main sales counter is on the right, immediately inside the main entry, providing sensible security coverage for the sales area. This counter accommodates an electric till, with gantries to the rear which display off-sales spirits, tobacco and other key items. Further into the store are a greetings card display and a magazine rack. The main shop display area has three aisles presenting a wide range of merchandise. Extensive racking and shelving offer an excellent display of numerous grocery items around the perimeter of the store and chilled / freezer cabinets offer a good choice of items. Aisles offer an easy passage for customers separated by free standing display shelving islands which promote sales. SERVICE AREAS The premises are well laid out to support the strong level of turnover achieved through the trading area. The main store- room sits to the side of the trading area. This has extensive floor space and has considerable potential for additional uses subject to necessary consents. There is an additional store for high value sales such as alcohol plus an additional storage area which is presently used as a workshop. The Store has a spacious office and W.C. Presently the service areas account for over 50% of the shop area. A S

Commercial G GROUNDS DIRECTIONS The business is a modest property with a prominent The business is located in the village of Betty Hill. roadside frontage. Parking within the shop environs Entering the village on the A836 from Thurso / Melvich and unrestricted roadside parking provides for patrons at the top of the hill turn right down the ‘old’ Main needs. The business has an area of private ground used Street and the shop is approximately 200 yards on the as storage for gas bottles etc. left (See Map Insert). SERVICES VIEWING Mains electricity, water and drainage. All appointments to view must be made through the vendors selling agents: EPC RATING ASG Commercial Ltd Hotels The Energy Rating of the property is ‘G’. York House LICENCES 20 Church Street Inverness IV1 1ED Guesthouses The business has been granted a premises licence in Tel: 01463 714757 accordance with The Licensing Scotland Act 2005 and Licensed Mob: 07799896931 details of the Operating Plan will be made available E-mail: [email protected] Retail after viewing. Offices TRADING HOURS OFFERS Monday to Friday - 8 am until 6 pm All offers should be submitted in writing to ASG Industrial Saturday - 9 am until 5.30 pm Commercial with whom purchasers should register their Sunday - 10 am until 2:30 pm interest if they wish to be advised of a Closing Date if Units one is set. TRADE With a turnover of approximately £200,000 returning a net profit of circa £15,000. Full accounting information will be made available to genuinely interested parties subsequent to viewing. PRICE A York House Offers around £140,000 (Freehold) are invited for the 20 Church heritable property complete with goodwill and trade Street contents (according to inventory), excluding personal Inverness items. Stock to be purchased by independent valuation. Telephone FINANCE & LEGAL SERVICES 01463 ASG Commercial is in touch with several lenders who provide specialist finance to the hospitality trade. Paul 714757 Hart (Director of Commercial Sales) will be delighted to discuss your financing requirements with you and make an appropriate introduction. We have a large team of legal experts in-house and can act in all legal matters arising to include conveyancing and license transfers. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database 2015

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