{"id":14399,"date":"2019-07-17T15:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=14399"},"modified":"2019-07-17T15:15:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:15:31","slug":"chichester-wholesaler-scoops-industry-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/chichester-wholesaler-scoops-industry-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Chichester wholesaler scoops industry award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14400\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14400\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chichester-Team-photo-June-2019-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Branch manager Tim Cousins (right) with his team<\/p><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"BodyA\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Chichester branch of electrical wholesaler Kew Electrical has been named best individual branch in the UK.<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"BodyA\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">The award-winning electrical wholesaling company has had a branch in Chichester since 2003 and now employs 18 people in the town.<\/span><\/strong><!--more--><\/h5>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Speaking from the company headquarters in Brighton, deputy managing director Nik Mulcahy said: \u201cWe started in Chichester from scratch. We did not inherit or buy a business, but a lot of the staff knew the area already because they\u2019d worked for other wholesalers in the area.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Kew has enjoyed a record amount of business in the town in recent months, says branch manager Tim Cousins, and is still growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Mulcahy says Kew\u2019s reputation helps it hold its own against its new competitors: \u201cThe reputation we have in Chichester does not happen overnight, it\u2019s taken years and years of relationship building, groundwork and knowledge of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cOur staff have intimate knowledge of the customer base, they know what customers want. They stock the right products for that town. They have working relationships with individual customers over a long period of time so they virtually become friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cIt\u2019s taken years of reputation building to get to the point where we can say Chichester is one of the best electrical wholesaling branches in any town in the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Kew Electrical is no stranger to awards, having bagged a Wholesaler of the Year trophy at the Electrical Wholesaler Awards on no fewer than four occasions: in 2015, 2016, 2017 and again this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Also this year, the company won two other awards for best overall customer service and the best wholesaler with 6-25 branches.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chichester branch of electrical wholesaler Kew Electrical has been named best individual branch in the UK. 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