I have an oppotunity to rent a bigish unit, opposite a ford main dealer on an industrial site, now what i'm thinking is to open it up as a place that sells second hand parts from write off fords ect, and breaking them myself, i've been a mechanic for 10 years + now and i've seen this gap in the market in my area.

I'm wondering though before i go and get talked at by the council, what would it involve in terms of permits licences red tape etc.

anybody from a breakers/scrap yard got any ideas.

or point my in the direction of a goverment site that makes a bit of sense.

Thanks Ted