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At Johnson Reed, clients often approach us seeking the secrets behind the perfect business plan to maximise their chances of raising required finance on the best terms. Whether you’re a new start, growing or established business, a comprehensive plan is crucial to your success. Stick with us as we take you through our key considerations and top tips.
We catch up with Boditrax co-founder, Nick Stillman, for an invaluable insight into the journey, development and future of the innovative body compoisition technology.
The Greyhound Inn, situated in Cromford, Matlock, is a venue steeped in history. Built by Richard Arkwright in 1778, the venue was originally designed to encourage visitors, in particular, businessmen, to the nearby cotton mills. 2017 marks a new chapter for the venue, having recently re-opened to the public under new management; Paul and Tina Waddingham. Having contributed a significant investment themselves for all the renovation work, Paul and Tina approached Johnson Reed to explore leasing their catering equipment and appliances, including a state-of-the-art combination oven.
It’s been over three years since we helped Wigan soft play centre, Run and Jump, get set up with equipment finance. With more exciting projects in the pipeline, we thought we’d get in touch with Operators, Steve and Regan Tartt, to see how they’re getting on.
Wow Digital is the most recent addition to the Wow family, and provide digital signage to the retail, education, healthcare, hospitality and restaurant sectors. In order to effectively demonstrate the range of digital signage products, the team at Wow recently opened a demo suite. Completed by brightly coloured wall graphics, the suite provides the perfect environment for prospects see and experience the technology in action.
Theresa May has pulled the trigger on Article 50, marking the start of the two-year period in which we will negotiate the terms of our exit and transpose EU regulation into UK domestic law. Despite the abundance of negative speculation, it’s certainly not all doom and gloom for the catering industry!
Whether you operate an open cafeteria for visitors, or provide catering on a larger scale for children’s parties, a successful catering operation can be a profitable revenue stream for the business and drive more new and repeat custom. We take a closer look at current industry trends to find out what the paying customers- parents and carers- are really looking for.
Whether you’re going karting for a special occasion, or pursuing regular practice as a hobby, Midland Karting provide a fun, safe and challenging karting experience for racers of all ages and abilities. With their karts fast-approaching the ten-year-old mark, Midland Karting decided it was time to upgrade their fleet, especially as the ageing models were proving incredibly costly to maintain. Working with world-leading and 33-year-established kart manufacturer, Sodi Kart, the team opted for 14 of the new GT4 models, which boast low operating costs and high levels of comfort and safety.
Folkestone Sports Centre, Kent, has been a popular attraction for both local residents and visitors since its inception in 1974. Boasting a huge range of facilities, from swimming to all year dry slope skiing, the centre is the perfect location for those looking to improve fitness, enjoy relaxing treatments, entertain the family, or engage in a little healthy competition! In order to continue providing high-quality fitness equipment to the community, the centre recently upgraded the ageing range of cardio equipment.
Established in the industry for over 13 years, Director, Jane Saunders, also owns a second site in Stevenage; The Sun Factory. As a long-standing customer of Johnson Reed, Jane has acquired a number of sunbeds for both sites through leasing agreements. On hearing about our unsecured loan facilities, Jane turned to Paula to arrange finance for various salon refurbishments. The required amount and fixed term was agreed, and the funds were arranged promptly.