Chip Shop finance case study

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A Fresh New Look for The North East’s Favourite Chippy

  Following the success of six stores across the North East, the one-stop takeaway Gills carried out a full refurbishment of the Ponteland store. A fresh new look for the north east’s favourite Chippy. Gills have just recently announced the grand opening of the restaurant dine-in service at their latest store. The buzz of the … Read more

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For chip shops, having secure finances and looking after the bottom line is your priority, more so now than ever. This means making sure that your cash flow is strong and your money goes further, to ensure you can carry on trading and making a profit, whilst keeping costs down. As we all know, this … Read more

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Fish isn’t the only thing being caught at the Clopton Catch. It’s fair to say it’s catchin g the attention of the locals too. With trade sky high it seems they have a great chance of landing more business in the coming months. Formerly a new start that others passed on, Johnson Reed saw the … Read more

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Just outside of Edinburgh, in Pathhead, you will find Di Giorgio’s takeaway, run by Anna Andreucci, having spent years working in the family fish and chip business, Anna decided to start her own venture. The chip shop and takeaway serves a range of food from pizzas and kebabs to fish and chips, giving locals a … Read more

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Johnson Reed equipment finance for The Pocket sports bar and club Rotherham

With other locations across South Yorkshire, Pete Eyre decided to expand his range of sports clubs and bars to include one in Rotherham, with some help from Johnson Reed. Pete wanted to create a sports bar with a full offering, including a pool hall, multiple TV screens, an external terrace with screens, as well as … Read more

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In the fish and chip market, fryers are a key measure of quality. So when Christopher Richardson drew up plans to update his third-generation takeaway site, we knew just what to do…  For over 40 years, Richardson’s Fish Bar has been a firm fixture in Fleetwood. Christopher’s father and grandfather passed it on to him, … Read more

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Even with two profitable outlets, lenders were steering clear of financing fish and chip shop Sam’s Fish Bar. But having grown wise to alternative solutions, co-owner Navjit Chatha knew where to go instead, helping his family enterprise move on to their next stage of growth. The Chatha family has been operating fish and chip takeaways … Read more

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When experienced businessman Mr Spiros Bojouri recently took over the established fish and chip shop The Seagull’s Ocean Boat in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, he had plans to improve this popular business.
Understanding quality is important in the catering industry he decided to completely revamp this fish bar and take away. This included replacing the old fryer with a new bespoke Hopkins four-pan high-efficiency country frying range and having a custom made curved glass hot and cold display cabinet built.

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In the little village of Sherburn, North Yorkshire, couple John and Rita Worthy are quietly building a little business empire, spanning a local post office, sandwich shop/deli, factory canteen, and now, next in the line of new ventures, a local chip shop!

Known locally for their sandwich shop’s large selection of delicious pies and sandwiches located within the post office, and their service with a smile, the Worthys are no strangers to the food trade.

Mr Worthy also happens to operate a canteen in a local factory site that employs 400 staff, so he himself employs 3 full time staff on site at the cafe.

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Up in northern Leeds, there is a quiet revolution going on as a family business is making a name for itself as a quality fish and chip shop chain, spanning locations across the north as far as Whitby, Leeds, Bishopthorpe, York, and now, Headingley.

We were approached by the family behind The Fisherman’s Wife to help gain finance for their expansion into Headingley, based in north Leeds, to take over and renovate the previous fish & chip shop takeaway called Bryan’s.