At Johnson Reed, we’re just as interested in helping out with the smaller finance needs of companies as we are with the big boys. A recent example saw a small high street butcher coming to us because he needed some new mincing equipment. We understand the needs of caterers and the food retail sector, as … Read more
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As a financial ombudsman, Croydon man Stuart Mok was for many years used to dealing with blue-chip companies in South London. Then he decided to change his lifestyle for the more relaxed profession of ‘chippy owner’. And Johnson Reed helped him along the way with his new career. Stuart’s father had always owned fish and … Read more
How about this for a review of Chris’s Fish Bar in Stafford? It’s from Big Red Directory.com: “Regular winner of Stafford’s best chippy and it’s plainly obvious why… generous portions of very high quality fish and chips… just got home with haddock and chips, £4.30 the fish, £1.40 the chips and the fish was hanging … Read more
When you’re catering for the entertainment needs of young children by setting up a soft play centre, it’s crucial to invest in safe and suitable kit. In the summer of 2010, Johnson Reed was delighted to help the Treasure Chest Soft Play Centre with start-up soft play equipment finance to ensure that only the best … Read more
It seems the need to keep fit is ever-present, and if you suddenly get the urge to go mountaineering, Scotland is a good place to be. No, not the Cairngorms or the Grampians, but at the Gym 64 leisure centre in Fife. They’ve just taken delivery of Scotland’s first Freedom Climber – a revolutionary rotating … Read more
Many motorists on the M60 around Manchester have marvelled at the iconic Chill Factore building near the Trafford Centre. It’s been Manchester’s leading indoor real snow centre for some time, but now there’s much more than just skiing and snowboarding on offer. They are now concentrating on kids’ activities to provide great days out for … Read more
If work is your first space, and home is your second – welcome to The Third. That’s how The Third Space describes its leisure and fitness operations in Soho and Marylebone. But a fitness club is dependent on state-of-the-art equipment and specialised personal training facilities to pull in the clientele – especially in a competitive … Read more
Based in Keighley, West Yorkshire, OPM are multi award-winning printers of high quality self-adhesive labels, laminates, sachets, film, flow wrap and flexible packaging. They recently identified the need to refresh their IT infrastructure with a new server, desktop PCs and specialist print software, so they came to Johnson Reed for some help with Software Equipment … Read more
When it comes to raising finance quickly and easily, there’s a better way than putting up with the hassle of negotiating with banks. Talk to Johnson Reed. That’s what Glass Replacements did. They’re a family run business based in Coventry, and supply both trade and the public. They produce everything from sealed units to kitchen … Read more
When we were approached by Salty’s Fish and Chip Shop in Mabelthorpe to help them get leasing for a new chip shop frying range of equipment, we knew we could help. We were asked to provide £35,000 worth of chip shop equipment leasing to Salty’s, with a period of finance of 36 months. Their old … Read more