Quality gym kit that’s fit for purpose

Spencer Fanstone is a man who knows a lot about the leisure, fitness and gym world. He spent twenty years working for the fitness and development arm of Reading Borough Council. He’s had several roles in that time, advancing through the ranks to Operations Manager...

Strapping machine for big printing company

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,...

Constructing client and supplier partnerships

We recently conducted a small lease funding exercise for a Bristol-based consultancy, specialising in the construction sector. They are a firm founded by construction professionals with wide-ranging experience in development of large contracts and master plan schemes....

Meeting the demands of meat wholesaling

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...
Making the sums add up for IT equipment

Making the sums add up for IT equipment

We have to confess to being a bit disillusioned sometimes at Johnson Reed. When we were approached by a company called Broadthunder, we got quite excited in anticipation of the nature of their business. Perhaps they were into extreme sports; maybe white water rafting....

Job well done for Littleport Steakhouse

Some of our clients are rather coy about disclosing information relating to their dealings with Johnson Reed. Here’s a case in point. Littleport Steakhouse is a restaurant for which we arranged a catering leasing deal worth around £13,000 for various items of...

The all-in-one solution for marketing agency management

Their website snappily proclaims ‘One Click. One Solution.’ We’re quite jealous really, because that’s a strapline we could well use at Johnson Reed. Only we might tweak it to read ‘One Click. One Source of Funding. The Best Solution’. Weclick Media is a Poole-based...

How to avoid sky-high costs with IT equipment

The simple answer is to lease it with funding from Johnson Reed. That’s what one of our clients, Sky High Traffic Surveys, did when they needed new operating software leasing to keep them bang up-to-date with technology. It meant that they could control their budgets...

Better cash flow helps new chippie venture

Johnson Reed is well known for its expertise in catering. In particular, we have quite a track record of supplying fish and chip shop frying ranges. We also know how critical it is to observe lead times when it comes to new build or refurbishment projects. Delays can...

Johnson Reed helps to drum up business for hair salon

When you’re well-respected hair stylists, like Brian and Vicky Drumm, it’s important to keep your standards high. That’s why they turned to Johnson Reed when they recently refurbished their Scottish premises. Brian Drumm Hairdressing opened its doors in 1970 and...