We’d like to introduce you to our ever-growing team of games room specialists and staff here at Home Leisure Direct. So now you can put a face to the voices you hear on the phone and the e-mails you receive from us.
Our Sales Team
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| Job Title: Sales Director |
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Job Title: Sales Manager |
| What Roger Does: Roger keeps the sales team happy by ensuring a constant supply of ice lollies, retro sweets and witty jokes. He has an expansive games room product knowledge and is also current holder of the Pineapple Cup. |
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What Josh Does: When Josh isn't providing businesses with fun games room products, he can be found unleashing his competitive side by wiping all of the high scores off of the pinball machines in our showrooms. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Defender |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Dynamite Dux |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Escape to Victory |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Dumb and Dumber |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Kinks - Milk Cow Blues |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal |
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| Job Title: Assistant Sales Manager |
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Job Title: Assistant Sales Manager |
| What Tom Does: Tom’s expertise in gaming and friendly competition makes him a key player in our sales team, helping our customers choose great games for their homes. Away from the showrooms, you will find Tom at his local golf course, aiming for the elusive 0 handicap. |
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What Sam Does: Sam is another key member to our dedicated sales team, ensuring that every visitor to the showroom gets the greatest products for their spaces. Sam is one of our resident gaming fans, making his arcade skills some of the sharpest at Home Leisure Direct.. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot - Wrath of Cortex |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Bomberman |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Dodgeball |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Scarface |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Penny Lane - The Beatles |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: David Bowie - Rebel Rebel |
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| Job Title: Stock Buyer |
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Job Title: Sales Executive |
| What Mike Does: Mike seems to have been born in the wrong era, as his favourite films and music stem from the early 1970s. As a result, he is a true advocate for all things retro, meaning he has a keen nose for finding all the greatest retro products to entice our customers with. |
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What Ben Does: Our resident snooker expert. When he's not bringing businesses new and exciting games room products, Ben is practicing his skills on our tables and for good reason... He's an active multiple-European-championship-winning player! |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Time Crisis |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Ridge Racer |
| Favourite Classic Movie: The Godfather |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Gremlins |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - We Are the Champions |
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| Job Title: Sales Executive |
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Job Title: Sales Executive |
| What Rob Does: Dan brings a real love of Americana to the sales team, making him the company's authority on American sports. Out of the showroom, he's something of a superstar house DJ, meaning the showroom's jukeboxes are never short of all-time hits. |
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What Charlie Does: Charlie is another dedicated member of our experienced sales team, and is a huge Bristol City fan. So much so that he wears the official Robins PJ's to bed, and he's a season ticket holder. He loves a good music gig when he can at least two or three a month. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter II |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter II |
| Favourite Classic Movie: The Goonies |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Pulp Fiction |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Boney M - Daddy Cool |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Gas Panic |
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| Fred |
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| Job Title: Sales Executive |
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| What Fred Does: Apart from being the brother of the legend that is Sam. Fred is a huge FIFA gamer, plays hard and works hard. That's Freds gaming motto, which is embroided in 24 carat gold stitch into his all leather gaming chair, apparently. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac Man |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Jurassic Park |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Frank Sinatra - My Way |
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| Job Title: Sales Executive |
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| What Ollie Does: Ollie is all about the thrill of adventure, and is always looking to bring that excitement to the showroom when helping customers. Ollie loves good food, a great destination and a good festival, and is always on the hunt for a new experiences to get stuck into on his travels. |
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What Rob Does: When Rob isn't helping customers find their ultimate games room product, he likes to rock out on the drums to pass the time. And if he's looking for something a bit quieter, golf seems to fit that bill nicely. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Bomberman 2 |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Galaga |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Django Unchained |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Anchorman |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: New Order - Blue Monday |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: I'm Still Standing by Elton John |
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Our Customer Service Team
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| Job Title: Customer Service Manager |
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| What Ross Does: When Ross isn't helping customers, he is eating his way through Bristol restaurants and beyond. Proper foodie who spends his time between socialising with friends and partner. Not musical in any way but will jump on karaoke from time to time. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Goldeneye N64 |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Gladiator |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: James Brown - It's a Mans World |
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| Job Title: Customer Service Executive |
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Job Title: Customer Service Executive |
| What Elvira Does: Elvira is one of the capable members on our customer service team, dedicated to taking care of our customers even after they've received their fantastic products. Elvira laments her dog allergy, but as we've learned, it'll take more than that to stop her from cuddling our own office pooch at any opportunity she gets. |
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What Emily Does: Emily is always on hand to help out customers with any questions they have about their purchases. She adores nature, and can reliably be found exploring the Westonbirt Arboretum when away from the office, maximising the use of her all-time entry ticket.
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Basketball Arcade Machines |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: STERN Godzilla Pinball Machine |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Deathproof |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Avengers |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody |
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Our Marketing Team
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| Job Title: Marketing Director |
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Job Title: Media Manager |
| What Hilary Does: Hilary has one ultimate goal - Make the name "Home Leisure Direct" synonymous with unbeatable fun in the UK. She loves to travel and some fine eating, but has learned the hard way that they are best enjoyed separately. Especially after that one incident involving her commute and morning porridge. |
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What Jono Does: Jono is responsible for keeping the website looking ticketyboo and creating/narrating all of the video content across the website and our YouTube channel. It's rumoured he's plotting world domination in the world of robot fighting with a slew of destructively nefarious (and silly) designs. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Cirqus Voltaire Pinball Machine |
| Favourite Classic Movie: You've Got Mail |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Clue |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Aerosmith - Rats in the Cellar |
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| Job Title: Marketing Executive |
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Job Title: Website Copywriter |
| What Josh Does: Josh, having come from the sales team initially now helps our marketing team fire on all cylinders. Josh is one of the most well-travelled members of the marketing team, to the extent he's lost track of how many places he's actually been over the years (though he loves to boast about how he's backflipped on the Great Wall of China like Lara Croft once did) |
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What Lizzie Does: Lizzie is our living dictionary, ensuring the website makes sense and is inspiring for those dreaming of their games room design. When Lizzie isn't writing, she enjoys freestyle dancing to 70's music and throwing some darts under the name Lady Burrrd. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Dance Dance Revolution |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Pulp Fiction |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Jurassic Park |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Eric Prydz - Opus |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Boney M. - Rasputin |
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| Job Title: Website Controller |
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| What Pennie Does: Pennie is responsible for overseeing the listings on the website, ensuring each one is full of our second-to-none product knowledge. Pennie is an especially creative sort, and loves illustrating her favourite video game characters and creating her own concepts in her spare time. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Power Stone 2 |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Scorpions - No One Like You |
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Our Warehouse & Logistics Team
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| Job Title: Operations Director |
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Job Title: Logistics Manager |
| What Ted Does: Ted juggles a number of jobs from keeping our IT systems in check to ensuring product is delivered safe and sound. He also specialises in making puns and crafting the milkiest tea and coffee in the West. |
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What Harriet Does: Harriet oversees everything going to our awesome customers, making sure that every order reaches its new home safely. It’s not uncommon to hear positive pearls of wisdom from the fountain of knowledge (her jar of sticky notes) on her desk. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: The Real Ghostbusters |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Ghostbusters |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Titanic |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: John Oates and Darryl Hall - You Make My Dreams |
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| Job Title: Logistics Co-Ordinator |
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Job Title: Commercial Supervisor |
| What Karl Does: Karl is Home Leisure Direct's route-finding maestro, managing and planning where all of our delivery vans go every week. |
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What Dan Does: Dan helps our commercial customers get up and running with the cutting edge of games room equipment by installing, maintaining and servicing all of our systems. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tekken |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Jaws |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Guard |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Prodigy - Breath |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Bad Company - Bad Company |
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| Job Title: Warehouse Manager |
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Job Title: I.T Manager |
| What Hutch Does: Hutch looks after our Bristol based warehouse, ensuring everything in there remains neat, tidy, organised and ready to send out at a moment's notice. He's well known on the team for being hyper-critical of Manchester United's performances, though he assures us it's only because he cares. |
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What Chris Does: Nautically-Minded Chris earned his sea-legs at the company by taming the wild kraken that is all of our computer and tech solutions. If all the puns weren't a clue, Chris adores life in and around a good boat, whether that's racing them, teaching people about them or otherwise messing around in them. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Jurassic Park Pinball Machine |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Worms Armageddon |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Silence Of The Lambs |
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Favourite Classic Movie: For A Few Dollars More |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound |
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| Job Title: Pool Cloth Fitter |
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| What Gregorz Does: Gregorz helps the clothing team in getting pool tables decked out ready for dispatch with competition-ready cloths. A handy sort, Gregz is a big fan of doing up the home with a number of DIY projects. |
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What Ashley Does: Ashley prepares pool table cushions for dispatch by applying tightly fitted cloths to them to ensure the optimum response on every single table. He loves a good hike in the Welsh Valleys as well as taking his kids on family outings (often to the Welsh Valleys). |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Victoria Dreams |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Destined For The Blues |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Reservoir Dogs - Little Green Bag |
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| Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor |
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Job Title: Warehouse Operative |
| What Matt Does: Matt ensures quality control and helps pick the best products to go out for delivery to our customers. He loves going to the pub with his mates and is always impressing the rest of the Warehouse Team with his Football Result Predictions. |
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What Gareth Does: Gareth is one of our able-bodied hands in the warehouse who can be found moving products to and from storage in the warehouse. Whilst Gareth is a fan of Sonic, his Tetris skills are also formidable, meaning that his skills stacking of products in the warehouse is unbeaten. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Knockout Kings |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Die Hard |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Stand By Me |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Guns 'n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: UB40 - Red Red Wine |
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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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| What Phil Does: Phil 'The Thrill' is the father of the delivery team, when isn't driving up and down the country to install and deliver our products to happy customers he is immersed in a new DIY project and updating the team on his progress. |
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What Grant Does: Grant is another one of the capable members of our delivery and installation team. It's not uncommon to hear about the latest beauty he's landed whilst fishing, or the best car he's seen at his recent American Muscle Car show. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Super Mario Bros |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Space Invaders |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Goodfellas |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Shawshank Redemption |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Wicked Games by Isaak |
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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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| What Tyrone Does: Tyrone's a member of our active delivery team, helping to deliver our products to customers each day. Tyrone is the group's strong-man, and is always finding new ways to surprise the team with what he can manage on a job. |
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What Duane Does: Duane is one of the many friendly faces that make up our delivery team, so is always on the road seeing the country and meeting our customers. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Colin McRae Rally |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Enter The Dragon |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Casino |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: 50 Cent - In Da Club |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Farrel Williams - Happy |
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| What Mitch Does: Mitch helps our busy delivery team getting fantastic products into the hands of customers. He's especially known on the delivery team for his eclectic musical choices on the ride home. |
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What Mark Does: Resident Welshman Mark is another key member to our dedicated installation team. Mark frequently enjoyes a day on the links, or jetting off on all-inclusive holidays (occasionally at the same time!) |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Gears of War |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Donkey Kong |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Die Hard |
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Favourite Classic Movie: 13 Hours |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Eminem - Just Lose It |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking |
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| What Scott Does: Scott is the company's embodiment of Yin and Yang. He loves tearing up the track in his Ducati Panigale by day, then spending time zenning out next to his pond of Japanese Koi by evening. |
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What Chris Does: Chris H is the technically minded one on the delivery and installation team, who loves tinkering and modifying cars, including his beloved Honda. Coincidentally, the vans always seem to run that little bit faster when he's around and we can't help wondering why... |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Sonic The Hedgehog |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Outrun |
| Favourite Classic Movie: 300 |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Ghostbusters |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Muse - Plug In Baby |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters |
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| What Chris Does: Chris is an avid gym-goer, who frequently can be found pumping iron after work. His role in the delivery team gives him ample opportunities to show off the extra pounds he can lift. |
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What Howard Does: Howard is a super-fan of two things: The latest events in the footie and a good fast car. This means we can always trust him to put his pedal (responsibly!) to the metal when it's his turn in the driver's seat when on the delivery runs. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Grand Theft Auto |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Donkey Kong |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Dawn of the Dead |
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Favourite Classic Movie: 48 Hours |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Village People - YMCA |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie |
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| What Aaron Does: Aaron helps our teams out on the road when it comes to delivering our fabulous products to every corner of the UK. Aaron is the team's family man, known for his incredibly ewe-nique Welsh puns (see what we mean?). |
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What Neil Does: Neil helps our delivery teams get where they need to go with his exceptional direction finding skills. He's known for having the expertise of an expert foodie, meaning the team is always looking for his wise counsel when picking out what to get for lunch.
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tekken |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter |
| Favourite Classic Movie: American Gangster |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Law Abiding Citizen |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Cher - Believe |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out |
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What Dan Does: Dan (or DanDan to his friends) is no stranger to serious fun given his out of work activities, being an avid lego fanatic, which we've discovered means he's also a bit of a deft hand at putting together a pool table. He's also a massive collector (not a crasher!) of Hot Wheels cars.
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Gone in 60 Seconds |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough |
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Our Admin & Office Team
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| Job Title: Finance Director |
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Job Title: Finance Manager |
| What Prith Does: Prith is Home Leisure Direct's own guardian angel of finance, ensuring everything that comes into the company is correctly looked after. Prith likes to constantly be on the move, whether that's making tracks on his road bike or acting as chauffeur to his 3 children. |
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What Amy Does: When Amy isn't in work organising our accounts, she is travelling the world and perfecting her dog-cuddling skills at home. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter II |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tetris |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Shawsank Redemption |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Toy Story |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Jungle Book Original Soundtrack |
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| Job Title: Finance Apprentice |
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| What Tom Does: Tom is a valuable helping hand in our finance department, helping the rest of the team keeping the numbers in check. Tom's love for Liverpool FC knows no bounds, given he makes every effort to watch every match they've ever played. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Sonic the Hedgehog |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger |
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| Job Title: Janitorial Executive |
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| What Emily Does: Emily keeps our showrooms spotless and our games room products shiny, while serenading us with a wide repertoire of songs and terrorising the office dogs with the hoover. |
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What Andy Does: Co-founder of Home Leisure Direct, Andy makes sure the team's product knowledge is on form through enforcing regular pool tournaments, table tennis matches and retro gaming sessions. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Donkey Kong |
| Favourite Classic Movie: The Sound of Music |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Wall Street |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over |
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| What Frank Does: Frank oversees all IT activities from a central, all-seeing hub, meaning nothing in the business escapes his attention. He takes time out of his day to serve as the office teddy bear and is rumoured to be a stranded extraterrestrial inside a pooch's body. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Paperboy |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: E.T. the Extra-Terrestial |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Elvis Presley - Hound Dog |
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