Former high street stalwart Maplin Electronics has made a storming return from retail death with sales and profits booming seven years after the retailer collapsed into administration.
Maplin was founded stablished in Rayleigh, Essex, in 1972 by Roger and Sandra Allen, and Doug Simmons, beginning as a mail-order business targeting electronics hobbyists before opening its first shop in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, in 1976.
