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Corin Dudley Electrical Services Ltd are the South East's premier electrical contractor. Covering an area with a radius of approximately 60 miles, the number of customers that CDS Electrical are able to accommodate is quite staggering. They are now operating in their 22nd year and are growing quicker than ever before with a customer base that covers all user types.
 
From domestic homeowners and landlords to commercial premises, shops and organisations. From industrial factories and warehouses to educational institutions including; nurseries, schools, colleges and universities. The sheer scale of environments that CDS Electrical work in demonstrate their ability to work and adapt to change quickly and efficiently.

Their professional service, quality workmanship and commitment to outstanding customer service is reflected by the amount of positive feedback that they receive on a daily basis through phone calls, written letters, e-mails and on Checkatrade where their overall score is an impressive 9.86 out of 10 (based upon 669+ reviews).

CDS Electrical was founded in 1996 by Corin Dudley; who continues to run and drive the business with that same enthusiasm and passion today. By 2002 the business had grown significantly due to the professional and reliable service that Corin has always enforced and he incorporated the business to become Corin Dudley Electrical Services Ltd. Fast forward 16 years and CDS Electrical is now a strong team of 37 who are growing quicker than ever before.
 
CDS Electrical have made a prominent mark in the surrounding area by being a company name that most people have heard of. Their securing of contracts over the years including Eastbourne Homes and Lewes District Council to name just a couple demonstrate the scale of works they can adhere to. Their commitment to delivering safety first and providing the customer with the best service possible is what has propelled them to be an award-winning company.
 
In addition to their extensive work throughout the South East for various contracts and individual customers, CDS Electrical have also become a prominent name when it comes to fundraising for the local community and charities. CDS Electrical created their own charity event in 2016 titled the ‘Pier to Pier Challenge’ and 2019 will see the 4th annual version take place. Across the past three years, over £5,000 has been raised for Chestnut Tree House from the Pier to Pier challenge alone.
 
The Polegate based electrical contractors who cover a wide range of services including; Air Conditioning, Solar Photovoltaic, Fire Alarms, Emergency Lighting, PAT Testing and Vehicle Charging are equipped with the knowledge and tools to tackle any job, no matter how big or small that may be.

Corin Dudley Electrical Services Ltd has continued to grow month on month, year on year and with growth in terms of the amount of work we carry out, we have to meet that demand by hiring more staff, expanding our offices and increasing the number of company vehicles.

Today, a new vehicle joined our growing fleet of work vans and this brings the current running total to 17. First things first, is getting it signwritten to match all of our other vehicles. What a great new addition to the company.

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Today we were very happy and surprised to receive a thank-you card from one of our many great customers. It brightened up our day and we wanted to share that joy with the wider world too. Thank-you St. Peter & St. James Hospice. We really appreciate it.
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Chris Lamour took part in the ‘Thames Path 100 mile footrace’ on Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th April 2017. He had a goal to do the entire thing in 22 hours. He actually beat this and crossed the finish line after 21 hours and 7 minutes.

He had a difficult start to the race, but by the halfway point and during the night run he found his stride and finished the race still smiling.

Roughly 350 runners took part in the race and 300 of them crossed the line. Chris crossed the line in 38th place.

Southern Housing Group instructed us to carry out works to 90 of their properties in Hove. The work involved the upgrading of kitchen and electric heating to bring the properties up-to-date with the latest models available.

The latest Dimplex Quantum night storage heaters that we installed offer a massive saving on energy consumption compared to the heaters that we removed. A benefit that will be seen each and every time the units are used.
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Last year, as part of our continuous development ‘Corin Dudley Electrical Services Ltd’ invested £4,000 in a ‘Growth Voucher’ programme which was a new government programme aimed to help businesses go beyond being a small business. 

​We engaged with Rachel Stone from ‘Bespoke Training Eastbourne Ltd’ to provide leadership and management skills training using the ‘Growth Voucher’ scheme. The training has delivered huge benefits to our business and a year later we have decided to invest in more training to continuously improve. Rachel has been and will continue to train and coach us in a variety of areas to improve every aspect of the company.

​Chas joined the team as an estimator and since joining only a month ago has already been winning some very big jobs. Pete, our very own warehouse operative also joined last month and since joining has completely revamped our warehouse and we are more efficient than ever before in ordering and allocating stock for jobs. We also have three new electrical engineers working for CDS Electrical who have been constantly busy on jobs since starting. Even further growth looks likely and we are excited to see what the future brings for CDS Electrical.
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CDS Electrical will be celebrating it's 15th anniversary as a limnited company later on this year. To celebrate 15 years in business, we will be taking part in events throughout the year to bring together a combined total distance travelled of 1,500 miles. 100 miles to represent every year as a limited company. For the majority of these events we will be able to raise money for various charities, which will help towards our second goal; raising £1,500 charity. £100 to represent every year as a limited company. 

​As we progress throughout the year we will be updating you on our progress for both distance travelled and money raised. The two running totals can be found on our Charity page. Keep checking back often to see how we get on. 2017 is already shaping up to be a great year.

Our events for the year are still being finalised, but here's a taste of what you can expect the team at CDS Electrical to be getting up to throughout the year. Last year was our busiest year; both in terms of the amount of work we carried out but also in the number of events that we took part in. We're hoping 2017 will go one step further and be our busiest ever.
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We will be regularly posting throughout the year with updates on events we are taking part in and how well we are doing in terms of reaching our goals. All of the 2017 event related blog posts will be tagged with the hashtag - #2017event. Our universal search bar which can be found at the top of any of our web pages will return all of the posts when you search for  '#2017event'.

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It's been a busy year. It's been a great year. 2016 has been kind to CDS Electrical and we look forward to see what 2017 has in store for us. Take a look below at some of the events we took part in and hosted throughout the year.

Timeline of some of the events we took part in throughout 2016.

► March

• Corin Dudley, the Managing Director of CDS Electrical took part in the Eastbourne Half Marathon and then two weeks later, the Hastings Half Marathon. In total, raising £830 for charity.

► May

• Participated in the Starfish Races - Relay Marathon event in Bexhill. We entered two teams and raised over £800 for charity.

► June

• Participated in More Radio's Battle of the Workplace live on the radio. We made it to the second round.
• We attended and exhibited at Let's Do Business Eastbourne at the iconic Winter Gardens.

► September

• We hosted our first ever CDS Electrical created event. A charity walk from Hastings to Eastbourne pier which we named as the 'Pier to Pier Challenge'. In total, £670 was raised for charity.
• We attended and exhibited at Let's Do Business Hastings. Networked with great local businesses and listened to an inspirational talk by Levi Roots.
• We hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning at our offices and raised a mouth watering £258 for charity.

There's a lot of information about CDS Electrical that not many of our customers know. Today we begin a series of posts on social media dubbed 'Did you know?'. They will be little snippets of information about CDS Electrical that you might not have known before. 

Here are a couple that we will be sharing today. Keep checking back often over on our Twitter page as we will be adding more over the coming days and weeks. All of the 'Did you know?' posts are numbered in the bottom right corner so you will know if you've missed one.
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Twitter -> https://twitter.com/CdsElectrical

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