"Being a family business sets us apart. We move quickly, grow constantly and care deeply."Mr Depper, Founder
In 1969, our business was founded by Michael Depper, a Birmingham-based appliance engineer. Mr Depper saw the chance to make some extra cash by selling spare parts to fellow engineers. This was the first of many seized opportunities.
Over the decades, we've evolved and expanded more and more as we've taken on new challenges. We're now very proud to have over 50 years' experience in business under our belts.
Entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to do right by our customers has allowed us to grow into a thriving international business with decades of experience and passion to spare.
With online repairs advice and spare parts delivered to their doorsteps
Using our UK network of over 500 experienced engineers
To appliance engineers and independent trade businesses
By managing websites, orders and repairs for retailers and manufacturers
People
Million Products
Brand Relationships
Years' Experience
We believe it’s our duty to make a difference.
Our focus is clear when choosing which charities and communities to support. The causes that are important to our people are important to us too.
That’s because one person’s genuine passion can inspire every person to do their part.
First, there was one man, Michael Depper, who began selling home appliance spare parts out of his garden shed. He started our business with ten bob (about 50p) in his pocket, never dreaming we’d grow as big as we are today.
Now we have a warehouse stocking over 2 million different products as well as a head office close by. Between the two Birmingham-based sites, we’re over 600 people strong.
Every part mattered at the beginning and every part matters now. We’re still all about putting our foot in the door when opportunity knocks.
We’ve grown a lot over the years and we’ve always had passion to spare.
How we got here
In the beginning, spare parts were at our core. Now, we have evolved but our ethos remains the same. Every single part of our business is vitally important.
Without every one of our products, processes and people playing their part, we wouldn’t have grown into the business we are today.
By continuing to work together to seize opportunities we’ll all be part of an exciting future.
Our founder Michael Depper (or Mr D as he is affectionately known) had a simple approach to business. When the door of opportunity opened he put his foot in.
Our refusal to let opportunities pass us by has seen our business grow dramatically and our plans for the future are even bigger. To get there we have to keep taking chances and be different.
As Mr D would say, two companies doing the same thing are too many already.