Buy IT Direct
Online retailer selling laptops, home appliances, air conditioning and furniture to UK consumers and business customers
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Buy IT Direct
Buy It Direct Ltd is an online retailer that sells consumer electronics, home appliances, furniture and other products through a group of brand websites, including Laptops Direct, Appliances Direct, Aircon Direct and Drones Direct. Its group also includes Outdoor Living, a hot tub seller acquired in 2022, and XL Joinery, a door manufacturer acquired in 2025.
Customers are consumers and, since 2026, business customers, who can buy across the group's brands in one place. The company also operated white-label websites for UK high-street retailers in 2009 and launched a website for Ireland in 2010. Revenue comes from product sales.
The company was registered in England in 2001 and is based in Huddersfield, where it was founded by Nick Glynne, who bought Easy Computers in the town in 1999. It operates a warehouse of over 2 million sq ft and has more than 1000 employees, according to its website. It also has a collection point in Elland, West Yorkshire. Current recruitment covers apprenticeships, placements, graduate roles, professional roles and manual work.
Product: Online retail of laptops, appliances, air conditioning units, furniture, drones, hot tubs and doors across several brand websites.
Jobs at Buy IT Direct
Leadership
- Nick Glynne · CEOSource: company website
- Dan Myers · CFOSource: company website
- Simon Barnett · Technology and Change DirectorSource: company website
- Cassie Lindley · People DirectorSource: company website
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