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Hughes Trade has moved into new premises at Meridian Park, Leicester enabling it to further increase the range of services offered to customers throughout the Midlands and beyond. The branch will also be home to Hughes Trade’s commercial arm with increased space for spare parts and repairs plus central training facilities. It also allows the opening of a specialist trade counter.
Hughes own commercial arm, launched in 2012, serves the care, hospitality, tourism and educational sectors by supplying, installing, servicing and repairing a range of highly specialist washing machines and dryers from the Miele Professional range. It has branches in Norwich, Leicester and Rochester with 26 members of staff.
The new 6,500 sq ft premises employs 16 members of staff and is close to Junction 21 of the M1. From here it will service customers in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, parts of Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire plus newly acquired areas Birmingham, Dudley and Walsall.
Hughes Trade general manager, Paul Chisnall, “We have been operating in Leicester for a year now and always knew that to grow we needed much larger premises than we previously had in Boston Road. So, we are delighted to have been able to move the branch to such a great location; one that not only has enabled us to open a trade counter but also gives us space for further expansion.
“The last 12 months have been very successful and we have become accredited by the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) which has led to significant new business from the public sector.
“We are also seeing a big growth in our rental business because it offers so many advantages such as managing cash flow and taking the worry out of anything going wrong, while for many businesses it is 100 per cent tax deductible.”
Hughes Electrical became a leading player in the UK’s commercial laundry market after completing its acquisition of Newbury-based Armstrong Commercial Laundry Systems for an undisclosed sum this month.
NEW HOME: Some of the Hughes team are pictured at the new Leicester base. They are (from left) Jamie Deering, Luke Flanders, Karl Jelley, Steve Hunter and Matt Amey
