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2006
Our Founder and Chairman Adam Whitehouse opened ‘The Mobile Trader,’ from a single shop in Longton. TMT First was incorporated from that and started life from two units in Park Hall, Stoke-on-Trent.
2008
We reached our first major milestone configuring more than 2 million devices, featuring in Mobile News in the process.
2009
We gained ISO 9001 certification and remain certified today.
2010
We outgrew the units we were in and doubled in size expanding into two further units.
2012
Our founder Adam Whitehouse was made a Visiting Industrial Fellow by Ashton University.
2013
We won a contract with one of the largest mobile device insurance companies which saw employee numbers double.
2015
We started a new chapter, moving to bigger premises at Holditch House in Newcastle-under-Lyme which included a repair centre.
2016
A large contract ended meaning staff numbers reduced but with hard work and determination we turned the corner and became an official Samsung Repair Partner opening a Samsung Support Centre in Hanley as well as repairing devices at Holditch House.
2017
Our relationship went from strength to strength and we opened a second repair centre in Sheffield and became authorised to provide large volumes in-warantee repairs at Holditch House.
2020
With continued growth we doubled our workforce and warehouse area. We also launched a Training Academy to upskill the next generation of repair technicians. We launched an ongoing partnership with Ecology to do all we can to help protect the environment.
2021
We four regional awards – one of which was the coveted Business of the Year Award
2022
The role of Founder and Chairman was split with Adam Whitehouse as founder and Darren Billings become our new Chief Executive Officer.
2023
A call by our founder Adam to create a Digital Device Repair Technician Apprenticeship to be set up and rolled out across the country attracted national on-line, radio and TV attention, including an interview with the BBC’s Technology Editor. TMT was shortlisted in the Mobile News Awards (2023) Best Secondary Market Provider and Best Service Provider. Adam has been shortlisted in the Staffordshire Chamber Awards Entrepreneur of the Year Category and TMT has been shortlisted in the Business of the Year category.
