Tonia Schofield had to spend more than just a penny when she and her mother succeeded in acquiring a tenancy for the dilapidated public conveniences on the cliff-top in Seaham. For years an eyesore on Sunderland’s heritage coast, they have now converted the building into a thriving café that was officially opened last Easter. The … Read more
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Manchester is a booming place, and we’ve worked with several companies that are helping to promote the growth of this city, notable for its culture, music, scientific, engineering, sporting and media connections. Winning Pitch is one such business. They are a specialist provider of high growth coaching services and they came to us – to … Read more
With all those artificially pumped up and preened characters in TV’s TOWIE, it comes as little surprise that there are plenty of salons in Essex offering hair and beauty treatments. One in particular came to Johnson Reed wanting funding for some non-surgical laser equipment for their Brentwood premises. We do a lot of salon finance … Read more
If someone came to you asking for a microdermabrasion system, you could be forgiven for thinking that it might be something to do with light industry – maybe a machine for removing very small scratches from the bodywork of your car. Well, you’d be in the right area, but it’s more to do with human … Read more
Research has shown that outdated software and hardware is being blamed for prohibiting commercial efficiency amongst businesses in the UK. According to a survey by Equanet, the Dixons Retail-owned provider of IT solutions, only one in five IT managers update their technology hardware annually. Forty-seven per cent of businesses wait three years before updating, which … Read more
After a £1.9m fit-out project, one of the most talked about new openings in the indoor play sector took place in April. Play Factore, in Manchester, is the second centre opened by husband and wife team Fawad and Shaziya Munir. It boasts the world’s tallest indoor play frame, a 40m indoor zip wire and a … Read more
Neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy. Now there’s the name of a profession that doesn’t trip lightly off the tongue. But however complex the needs of the medical, scientific or professional sectors, we take it all in our stride at Johnson Reed. That’s why Sarah Lawson and Paul Martin have come back to us again for more equipment for … Read more
Johnson Reed has joined forces with Indoor Play, the website and magazine for the indoor play sector, to promote the concept of asset finance to their 1,600 play operator and supplier subscribers around the country. Indoor Play have said “We all know the challenges one faces when talking to UK banks, but if they don’t … Read more
Across the UK, more and more businesses are taking responsibility for what they consume, together with its resultant impact on the environment. This is particularly evident in the printing industry, where measures taken include using vegetable-based inks as standard, use of recycled paper, and utilising bio-degradable laminates. One printer in particular, Spellman Walker, even has … Read more
At Johnson Reed, we love meat wholesalers. As a rule, they require lots of equipment, they want it quickly and they need it to be utterly reliable. Things like mixers, bandsaws, fish skinners, meat derinders, sausage fillers and tenderisers – we understand how important the right machinery is. And we know just the right people … Read more