Design and marketing companies are reliant upon up-to-date software. After all, they have to maintain credibility in a high-tech marketplace with their clients – and top marketing companies have got to that position because they are servicing blue-chip companies that are themselves equally clued up on current developments. Located in the historic silk town of … Read more

Some new research just announced has shown that many SME companies are either unaware of the avenues available for IT finance leasing, or simply haven’t considered it. At a time when budgets are severely stretched, the researchers have suggested that a lot more should be done in the industry to persuade smaller companies to appreciate … Read more

There’s no doubt that high-end Apple computers rule the waves in many areas of commerce, especially in the advertising business. An expanding ad agency in Blackpool, WRT Group, came to Johnson Reed for some IT finance for leasing a new suite of Apple iMacs, Apple iPad2s and associated operating software to help achieve their ambitious … Read more

There’s a problem with creatives in the ad agency world. They spend so much time generally being creative and excelling in their art, they can easily forget they have a business to run. They concentrate so much on keeping their clients happy and successful that they forget how to maintain their own profitability. Salvation has … 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

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

IMA Group is one of the country’s leading advertising agencies. They’ve won many industry awards and, as is the case with so many marketing companies, they need to keep up to speed with the commercial opportunities that are continually opening up in tandem with the march of technology. The latest IT hardware and software is … Read more

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

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