One of the north’s leading Premiership rugby teams, Sale Sharks, is about to play its last game at its home ground of Edgeley Park in Stockport. It will then move to the new state-of-the-art Salford City Stadium, a venue with 7,000 seats and space for 5,000 to stand. To support this move, building and maintaining … Read more

When you’ve spent a relaxing summer’s day enjoying some corporate hospitality or revelling in a wedding celebration, the chances are you’ll have been inside a marquee, sitting at an immaculately decorated table. Have you ever considered the amount of washing and ironing that goes on to make sure you appreciate your host’s efforts? Seamless Interiors … Read more

Even though we only awarded funding of £3,110 to a Croydon-based housing management company for the purchase of a new boiler system, we still treated the project with a sense of urgency. That’s an aspect of the Johnson Reed service that many people have complemented us about in the past. East Grove Properties came to … Read more

Here’s another fishy story, this time from Liverpudlian, Banayiotis Zeniou. He’s been up to his ears in fish for many years, latterly importing frozen sushi, till he had a flash of inspiration and decided to open his own fish and chip shop. So, the Fylde Fish Bar, a takeaway and restaurant in Southport, was born. … Read more

We love our fish and chips. And, judging by the number of requests we get to supply frying ranges to these bastions of the catering world, so do you. But not all of our chippie owners are as hungry as others to publicise their businesses to the worldwide web audiences that view our blogs. A … Read more

With over eighteen years experience in the water purification and water testing industry, Aquatec Rainsoft is an independent family-run business that realises how important it is to keep up to date with technology. They provide consumers with a scientifically advanced water purification process that is unique to the brand, with the technically engineered ability to … Read more

Feeling peckish? If you’re in the Cheshire area you could do worse than visit one of the four carvery pubs operated by the Almond family. They’ve earned a reputation for providing top quality food and drink in welcoming, traditional and stylish restaurants. One of their establishments, the Three Bears in Hazel Grove, near Bramall, had … Read more

Shogun Embroidery Services is a new-start business based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. They specialise in personalised clothing for the hospitality sector, so they needed to invest in an embroidery machine that would become a workhorse for the demanding needs of their customers. Johnson Reed came to their help by finding a company called Midwest Europe … Read more

We did a case study back in February about TaxAssist Accountants, a Yorkshire-based franchise operation that offers their accountancy skills specifically to small businesses and taxpayers needing help with their tax returns in the UK. We’ve just offered some of our own IT finance assistance to one of their 220 branches with yet another finance … Read more

We had a feeling that we were backing a winner recently when we arranged camera finance for some kit for a local photographer. Based on the outskirts of Manchester, James Russell Photography specialises in creating eye-catching commercial imagery. Working right across the North West, he crafts unique bespoke photographs for use in the PR, corporate, … Read more