Smart Repairs on the move with Irish expansion

A Leeds-based vehicle repair firm is accelerating its growth with expansion into Ireland as it continues to go “from strength to strength”.

Smart Repairs.co.uk, the UK’s largest independent cosmetic vehicle repairer, has seen turnover rise by ten per cent to £12 million. 

The company has also surpassed its goal of creating 120 new jobs, with bosses saying the company has developed a “formidable client list” which gives it the confidence to “roll out expansion plans”, with the aim “to be the largest smart repairer in the UK”.

Darryl Short, managing director of Smart Repairs, said: “For the past six years we have achieved sustained growth across the UK, disrupting the fragmented cosmetic vehicle repair sector, creating over 120 new jobs and working closely and rewarding our mobile technicians all over the country.

“We expect to employ 140 by the end of this year, with turnover rocketing to £12 million. 

“This increase is totally sustainable as we steadily grow our share of the cosmetic vehicle repair market year on year.” 

Backed by a £1 million investment in vans and equipment, the firm is expanding into the Republic of Ireland while continuing to grow its customer base across fleet management, commercial vehicles and insurers. 

Darryl added: “Our expansion into the Republic of Ireland has been underpinned by a raft of new deals both with dealerships and insurance companies over there. 

“We already have a strong presence in Scotland and Wales, so we have a tremendous geographical spread.”

Founder and co-chairman Dan Besau added: “It has given me tremendous pleasure to see how the company I founded in 1995 has developed. 

“We have gone from strength to strength in recent years. 

“The mobile business has proved popular and successful and, when I spotted a gap in the market for high-end alloy wheel repairs, I had the confidence to go for that, too.

“The future is incredibly bright. Let’s bring it on.”

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