Mike is the founder of M P Hughes & Sons and qualified as a plasterer in March of 1965 having completed a fully approved apprenticeship with Shones of Buckley, Wales. When the apprenticeship was finished Mike decided to set up a business of his own and in 1987 he made the decision for personal reasons to move to the Reading area and has not looked back since. Although Mike is now retired he still remains a Director of the business and is still involved in the day-to-day running of the company.