The Prime Minister praise Currys for its efforts to save customers money whilst continuing its fight against e-waste.
His comments came during a visit to its Repair and Customer Service warehouse in Newark, where he had an opportunity to tour the company’s repair lab – the biggest of its kind in Europe – which carries out 2.9 million repairs a year.
Rishi Sunak met the staff who make this happen through repairing existing tech, as well as recycling a mountain of e-waste collected through Currys’ “Cash for Trash” scheme.
Speaking to hundreds of Currys staff, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “What’s great about what you do, is that is has so much impact on the country. You are saving millions of people a fortune.
“When you extend the lifetime of their laptop, their TV, or allow them to buy something refurbished – all of that is just putting cash in their pockets.
“And at the same time, you are doing something wonderful for the environment because you are able to find every little bit of these big electronic devices and re-use them and put them back into circulation – great for the environment, great for people’s wallets.”
Alex Baldock, Currys chief executive, said it’s a testament to the work Currys does at Newark that the Prime Minister wanted to see it.
Mr Baldock said: “Rishi Sunak was bowled over by the skills of our colleagues, the sheer scale of our facility and all the good we’re doing – keeping money in our customers’ pockets, and protecting the planet, by giving tech longer life. Of course, this is great for our business too, which is in everyone’s interest – or as the PM described it, a “win-win”.
