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History
Buy It Direct Ltd is a UK company founded by Nick Glynne in 1999. The business started as "Easy Computers" when Glynne bought a computer repair shop in Fartown, Huddersfield for £3000.

The company sells consumer goods under multiple brands including Laptops Direct, Appliances Direct, Furniture 123, Better Bathrooms, Drones Direct and Servers Direct. Buy It Direct has grown rapidly both organically and via acquisition. The business has featured in FastTrack league tables 5 times; most recently at number 21 in the Profit Track 100 in 2021.

In 2016 Nick Glynne won the Huddersfield Examiner Business Person of the Year Award

Acquisitions and Ventures

 * 1) In 2008 Buy It Direct acquired kitchen appliance retailer Trade Appliances, relaunching it under the Appliances Direct brand shortly afterwards.
 * 2) Buy It Direct bought online furniture retailer Furniture123 out of administration in December 2012.
 * 3) In November 2018 Buy it Direct acquired the assets of Trojan Electronics Ltd, saving 115 jobs. Trojan is a Recommerce business specialising in the refurbishment and re-sale of returned goods
 * 4) When Wigan retailer Better Bathrooms went into administration Buy it Direct acquired the assets and goodwill in March 2019 to support its product diversification plans.
 * 5) In January 2021 Buy It Direct acquired a controlling interest in Areera Ltd, a company specialising in the recycling of televisions and other electronic devices containing screens.

Operations
In 2017 the company moved into a 120,000 sq ft warehouse in Elland, West Yorkshire.

In 2019 Buy It Direct occupied a 385,000 sq ft site in Huddersfield that had previously been used by Poundstretcher.

In April 2021 Buy It Direct agreed commercial terms on a new 525,000 sq ft distribution centre near East Midlands Airport.

The company runs it own fleet of delivery vehicles which it uses to delivery bulky items.

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