Hi, I’m Damien. I started off as an apprentice with Hull City Council fixing their fleet of vehicles spending a lot of time learning on the dust bin carts and then progressed into residential vehicles at RWS Motor Services.

The goal was to be my own boss running affordable auto repair centre where people trust us not to be the cow boys that the industry sadly has a reputation for.

I pride myself in ensuring vehicles that we work on are completed to a high standard, operating on the basis of, would I trust my own children in that vehicle.

From there I became a mobile mechanic fixing mostly friends vehicles, issue is it became full time work, so in September 2015 i made the decision to lease a physical unit with a friend in the same boat which quickly became the first version of my company.

Damien Smart
Founder and Managing Director Damien Andrews

Our History

5th of September 2015

DCR Automotive Services is Born

Our founder started operating as a sole trader trading as DCR Automotive Services.

2016

brazil street

We ran out of room

We outgrew our initial site and moved to 5 Brazil Street where we could have multiple ramps installed and start hiring staff.

21st of April 2016

We registered as a limited company.

We continued to grow and expand to a point where we felt it was time to separate personal and work life from one another, at this point we registered DCR Automotive Services Ltd

26th February 2019

Burleigh Street

We outgrew another premise.

Due to limited parking and having to pull every vehicle out to get to our ramps we moved to Burleigh Street with eyes on taking over the MOT Station next door the following year or so we moved to 43 Burleigh Street which being a commercial only street provided ample on street parking.

18th of March 2022

Plans for next door fell through

One of our landlord’s which owned the MOT Station next door decided he no longer wanted to retire which halted our plans to take over the MOT station so we registered D&M Auto Centres Ltd and started looking for somewhere for our own MOT Station.

10th of May 2022

Company Rename

D&M Auto Centres Ltd get renamed to DMR Auto Centre Ltd.

4th of July 2022

dmr

We opened our second location

DMR Auto Centre Ltd started trading from 173 Dansom Lane North taking over the old RWS Motor Services site which our founder completed his apprenticeship at.

24th of March 2023

Official Logo of DAC Auto Centres

New Branding

We adopted new branding to enhance our marketing efforts, make it easier for customers and prevent competing against ourselves. Design provided by EAJ Global

20th of April 2023

DAC signage

New Signage

Our new branding was applied to our new location on Dansom Lane North by our friends over at Sign company name