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iSmash is a high-street technology repair service, specialising in fixing smartphones, tablets and computers.[1]

History

iSmash was founded by Irish entrepreneur, Julian Shovlin, in 2013 to provide a same-day service for common smartphone repairs.[2] The idea originated from Shovlin's own negative experience having his phone repaired, and wanting a solution for fixing damaged technology.[2] Whilst a Business and Economics student at Trinity College Dublin, Shovlin set up his first repair shop at age 19 and invested £15,000 of savings in the business.[3][4] This was later followed by a further £900,000 investment of seed money by angel investors.[5]

Stores

The first iSmash-branded store opened on the King’s Road, London in 2013.[3] Since then, iSmash has opened 29 high street, shopping centre and train station locations across the UK, including London, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Brighton and Sheffield.[6][7] When the Trinity Leeds store was opened, it caused some confusion with an existing iPhone and iPad repair shop called iPatch[8] (founded in 2008), who deal exclusively with Apple product repairs.

A nationwide 50-store expansion began in 2018 and as of May 2021, 31 stores are open in total. Currently the company has a 3/5 ratings review on careers website Glassdoor and 52% of responding employees would recommend working at iSmash to their friends and 81% approve of the CEO.[9]

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