New year, new cheer: Business confidence at its highest in January for nearly a decade! ‘The strongest start to a new year since 2016’ reports Lloyds Bank’s monthly business confidence index with businesses beginning 2024 in upbeat fashion. Interest rate cuts and...
Self-Assessment Tax is due annually on 31st January, and straight after Christmas, can add another headache on top of the January blues. However, there are now options for businesses and individuals to help spread the cost of their Self-Assessment Tax rather than...
In an industry still feeling somewhat uneasy recently due to its unpredictability; the pre-COVID boom halted by the pandemic, now continuing through soaring overheads, interest rates and inflation, it’s important to focus on what you can control. Companies should be...
Everyone knows that cashflow management is make or break for businesses, especially at the beginning of a business journey. Funding is a key component in transferring an idea into a successful business entity and start-up costs/trading differs across industry, size...
When Johnson Reed was established, almost 20 years ago now, we noticed the distance between SMEs financial requirements and support offered by high-street banks growing larger by the day. That’s why our mission since 2005 hasn’t changed. We want to become the finance...
More and more SME’s choosing asset finance over traditional bank funding – here’s why. Figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) have shown a 13% growth in total asset finance new business (leasing and hire purchase) in comparison to same month...
