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Address: Hughes Electrical

28-30, Burleigh St,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Postcode: CB1 1DG
Telephone: 08712 313113 & 01223 460750
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Description:
Hughes Electrical was founded in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1921 by Frank Hughes who trained as an electrical engineer after having served in the cavalry throughout the Great War. Originally the company rewound industrial electrical motors for Lowestoft's once large fishing fleet but in 1928 Frank bought his first shop in which he built and sold radios and the family literally lived over it for many years. Frank retired in 1946 and his sons Peter and Jim took over the management of the business.
Ever the entrepreneurial company, Hughes were quick to introduce new technologies such as televisions and labour saving kitchen appliances and by renting these products they became affordable for the typical household in the post war austerity years. This early equipment was notoriously unreliable and the engineering background of the company meant it was well placed to develop a large service infrastructure to repair them. Geographic expansion soon followed and by the end of the century Hughes had over 30 shops and 5 service centres located throughout East Anglia. By then management was into its 3rd generation under Robert and Jeremy Hughes meaning the company was and remains to this day a true family business.