If you’re an equipment vendor, it can pay handsome dividends if you partner with a leading finance house like Johnson Reed. We can help you win business in so many ways. If you team up with us, it means that you can offer your clients instant benefits. We’ve been doing it for 12 years now, … Read more

No Indoor Play reader will have been unaffected by the economic uncertainty that envelopes the nation. We ask Johnson Reed’s Mark Johnson for his take on the UK finance scene and how this is impacting indoor play operators What is the state of play finance wise in the UK and how is it affecting the … Read more

This never happened at school when we were kids. Interactive whiteboards, digital projectors, laptops and sound systems? It was just a piece of chalk in our day. These days though it’s a different story, and education authorities are insisting that schools keep abreast of IT developments. They’re also encouraging schools to be more independent with … Read more

Spectrum Press was established in 2002, so they were born into the digital age. Based in Edmonton, North London, they offer quality pre-press design and artwork, pre-press repro, and digital and litho printing. They operate from state-of-the-art premises and in such a competitive business, they know that they have to commit to the latest technologies … Read more

With an address like Ironworks Road, Barrow-in-Furness, you’d think that Johnson Reed have started supporting heavy industry. Finance for a new strip rolling mill perhaps? Or a few forges for the ship making industry? That’s the address of printers HSP Milners, a much more delicate business. Heavy machinery for printing, yes. But getting to the … Read more

It pays to be proactive in business. So split that word up and you get the key ingredients for a new wellness centre. ‘Pro’ for the two professionals that are setting up a new gym in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. And ‘Active’ for a fair description of the fitness facilities that are being incorporated into … Read more

At Johnson Reed we regard the financial needs of the country’s SMEs very highly, so it’s refreshing when we partner with vendors who have the same attitude to enterprises that are responsible for driving innovation and competition in so many industry sectors. Hudson Hill is one such company. They are specialist IT & software providers … Read more

As many of you know, funding for small businesses has become more difficult than ever, so the advantages of using a broker to help are now recognised at the highest possible level. The NACFB is engaged with Government and HM Treasury in sourcing high street lending and alternative forms of finance for SMEs throughout the … Read more

They say that every cloud has a silver lining, but the effects that Hopkins Catering Equipment achieved with a refit of a fish and chip shop in Weston-super-Mare provided some dramatic back-lit effects in blue, with one of their latest energy-efficient counter frying ranges. And the reason for the transformation? A devastating fire that completely … Read more

190 Degrees West is a good clue as to the geographical location of one of the many fish and chip shops for which we’ve provided our specialist lease financing. It’s the name of a chippie at Sennen in Cornwall, only a couple of miles from Land’s End. Hence the name of the shop. Once again, … Read more