finance

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Nestled on the banks of river Wyre in Lancashire is The Cartford Inn, a stunning 17th century coaching inn that offers 14 boutique, individually styled luxury bedrooms and dining that has been praised by both The Good Food Guide and Michelin.

The inn boasts two dining Lounges; the fire lounge and the popular new river lounge with a dining terrace. Here customers can try locally sourced French and English cuisine or have a bar snack and local ales, including their own ‘giddy kipper’, by an open wood fire in the quiet bar lounge area.

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Situated in the heart of Liverpool, Blackburne House Education Centre for Women is a unique institution that has been pioneering training for women in non-traditional areas of work for over thirty years.

This magnificent Grade 2 listed building also hosts an accredited conference centre and an award winning café bar that serves locally sourced food.

Blackburne House wanted to prove its commitment to quality by bringing the Café bar up-to-date with a new counter and kitchen technology to help with increased customer demand and to improving efficiency.

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The Culpeper is a London pub that offers a mix of traditional British and French provincial cuisine situated close to Petticoat Lane market and Spitalfields market.

Taking its name from the 16th century botanist Thomas Culpeper, it features a unique rooftop vegetable farm that supplies both the restaurant and herbal tinctures for cocktails at the bar.

To compete with stiff competition and offer more to the customer The Culpeper knew they needed to pull out all the stops and get a complete refurbishment, including a brand new kitchen.

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Park Resorts are a nation-wide and widely-recognised brand in the UK, specialising in providing and hiring out caravan parks, with 41 locations spanning across 2,400 acres in the UK. Known for their parks near the sea-side, the resorts are primarily located on the south and east coasts of England, with a few locations also in Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Wight. The resorts see over 760,000 rental guests at their parks every year!

Based in Hemel Hempstead and employing just under 1,800 people, Park Resorts are a multi-million pound turnover business and have gone from strength to strength in the 13 years since they were established by private equity firm CBPE.

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David Tamplin is no stranger to running a successful tanning business. In 2000, he set up TPSS Ltd (Tamplins Professional Sunbed Studios) and had two salons in the Hove Brighton area. However after twelve years, he was faced with the decision to either invest heavily and update the sunbeds, as they were starting to look tired, or sell the shops and have a look at doing something different.

He decided to choose the latter, and over the last couple of years has spent his time mainly investing in converting a property in Brighton into a multiple student occupancy building. The property was then let to local students in September.

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Chilli Banana are a well-established and well-respected chain of Thai restaurants in the North West of England, with restaurants in Liverpool, Wilmslow, and Macclesfield and are known for their excellent Thai food and customer service.

Their 75-cover Wilmslow restaurant has a lounge, bar, and also provides takeaway services. Run by husband and wife duo Steven and May Wakefield, the Chilli Banana brand has become a franchise, with the two other premises (Liverpool and Macclesfield) run by individual restaurant operators.

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Business partners Latif Dal and Rick Gwilliam put together a comprehensive plan that runs through the details of why their new start Play Centre will be a success – these chaps have done their homework!

When they requested some assistance it was an easy decision for Johnson Reed. Located in a village with small competition and massive opportunity, they negotiated good terms with the landlord of up to 6 months free rent for a 8,000 sqft. unit, with a 15 year lease in a key location in town next to Tesco and the main train station.

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When you start down the road of looking for business finance, it can be a daunting task. The finance industry is full of options and avenues of gaining capital, and often the choices are very complicated.

That is one of the reasons why we set up as a dedicated equipment leasing provider 15 years ago. We know and understand the power of leasing as a finance option, and since we started we have helped over 8,000 companies benefit from leasing their equipment, rather than outright purchase or other forms of finance.

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The Run and Jump indoor play centre is a new and exciting children’s soft play arena based in Wigan. Set up by Regan and Steve, the centre caters to children from the ages of 0 – 12, and promises a fun-filled, clean, and safe environment.

Open 7 days a week, the centre boasts a 4 metre, 3 lane wavy slide, ball shower, Astro glide, plus a lot more! For the more sports-minded, there is also a football and basketball court available, and even a separate toddler play area for under 4s. They group have also started offering birthday parties and events for groups of kids, and even organise the booking of themed mascots from a local business! For the patient parents, there is also a cafe for drinks and free wi-fi.

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The fifth annual Commercial Finance Expo is nearly upon us! Set to open on 25th June, doors open at The Pavilion at the NEC Birmingham at 9:30am sharp, letting visitors into the world of commercial finance lenders and funders.

Organised by the NACFB, the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, the event is one of the highlights of the commercial finance world.

Growing year on year, the 2014 exhibition promises to have more lenders at the exhibition, with more than 85 exhibiting at the event itself, accounting for the vast majority of the UK funding market. The exhibition is touted as no place for “tyre kickers”, but for lenders and small businesses to meet, discuss their finance requirements, and find a deal.