FREEPORT Braintree suffered a power cut this morning (October 25) leaving many of the shops shut while the fault was resolved.
Restaurants and the cinema were not affected but all the shops were unable to serve customers for around two hours.
Shoppers reported that the problem began at around 9am and was fixed by 11am.
Staff at the Charter Way shopping centre could only confirm a power cut had taken place and the it was "not for long", but could not say how it was caused.
According to a member of the security team the problem has been fixed and power has been fully restored.
