Tonia has a good run for her money

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...

The Johnson Reed cure for growing pains

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...

The only way in Essex is Johnson Reed

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...

Luxurious bathing – on the wild side

You know that lovely feeling when you’ve had a really enjoyable holiday? In fact, the best holiday you’ve had for years? What do you do? You say ‘We’ll come here again next year’. That’s great news for the resort owner, hotel chain or landlady, because it’s called...

New bodies for old

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,...

Leasing proven to make commercial sense

Research has shown that outdated software and hardware is being blamed for prohibiting commercial efficiency amongst businesses in the UK.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...
Putting the fun into funding

Putting the fun into funding

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...

Johnson Reed puts some fizz into physio clinics

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...

Johnson Reed – a soft touch for indoor play operators

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...

£20 billion loan anyone?

The government has given a shot in the arm to the leasing business with its announcement of the National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS), which will see up to £20 billion of guarantees on unsecured loans by Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Santander and others....