Five Minutes With: Rory Pratt, of Pratts Pods Ltd “We want to give something back to the local community’’ WL: Hi Rory, to start with then, just what is Pratts Pods? RP: Pratts pods are a local family run tech repair company situated in the centre of Wokingham. We fix all makes and models of phones, tablets, laptops/MacBooks, games consoles. WL: When did all this start? RP: I started fixing tech about 13 years ago now. WL: At what age did you realise you had quite a gift for taking things apart and fixing them? RP: When I was younger I broke an awful lot of phones and iPods, I was very clumsy! When I got my first job my parents told me that they wouldn’t replace them anymore and that I had 18
to sort it out myself. As I couldn’t afford to replace my iPod at the time I pursued the idea of repairing it instead… Then Pratts Pods Ltd was born! WL: We are in your lovely repair shop here at Elms Walk in the centre of Wokingham, are there other locations and do you have plans for expansion? RP: We have huge plans for the next year, including a new location, online store, a device trade in website and we have just secured full Apple certifications meaning we are now the ONLY Apple independent repair provider in Berkshire with access to their parts, tools and training programs! WOKINGHAM LOCAL • APRIL / MAY 2022
