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.
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| Job Title: Sales Manager |
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Job Title: Assistant 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 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 and loves advising our customers on the best vintage and retro products. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Defender |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Time Crisis |
Favourite Classic Movie: Escape to Victory
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Godfather |
Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Kinks - Milk Cow Blues
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer |
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| Job Title: Head of Commercial Sales |
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Job Title: Commercial Sales Executive |
| 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. |
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What Ben Does: Our resident snooker expert, while he's not bringing businesses new and exciting games room products, Ben is practicing his skills on our tables. Oh, and did we mention he's a European Champion?! |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Dynamite Dux |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Ridge Racer
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Dumb and Dumber |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Gremlins |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal |
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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 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. |
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What Rob Does: Rob loves playing the drums. According to sources in the sales office, he plays very similar to Phil Collins minus the gorilla. As you can see in the picture, Rob is one of the HLD's finest pool aficionados. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Super Mario Kart |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Galaga |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Rocky |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Anchorman |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Sweet Home Alabama
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| Job Title: Sales Executive |
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Job Title: Marketing Supervisor |
| 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 Jess Does: Jess oversees all of our marketing activity and helps run the website, making sure that our customers find it easy to use. She may look sweet, but she's a dark horse and can be found at heavy metal gigs in the evenings. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot - Wrath of Cortex |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Dodgeball |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Penny Lane - The Beatles |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: AC/DC - Thunderstruck |
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Jono |
| Job Title: Senior Marketing Executive |
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Job Title: Videographer |
| What Ray Does: Ray acts as a liaison to manage all of our marketing partners and also heads up our social media channels with his quality photography of our products and showrooms. He is currently on the path to recovery following a trying time of being a dedicated chocaholic. |
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What Jono Does: Jono is responsible for creating and narrating all of the video content across the website and our YouTube channel. He's also a not-so-secret geek, especially when it comes to roller coasters, pinball and 90s game shows. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Defender |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Cirqus Voltaire Pinball Machine |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Saving Private Ryan |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Wonderwall - Oasis |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Rats in the Cellar - Aerosmith |
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Harriet |
| Job Title: UX Designer |
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Job Title: Operations Supervisor |
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What Cieran Does: Cieran is very skilled at creating stunning imagery and graphics for our products and website as well as understanding our customer journey. Never shy to get his geek on, he’s always looking forward to his next comic or gaming convention.
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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: Tetris |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Crash Bandicoot |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Star Wars - Return of the Jedi |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Titanic |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gay |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: John Oates and Darryl Hall - you make my dreams. |
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| Job Title: Operations Executive |
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Job Title: Janitorial Executive |
| What Laura Does: Laura helps our operations team keep everything from deliveries to maintenance to customer service in check. Out of the office, Laura’s on point with her sports and fitness knowledge, being both a qualified sports massage therapist as well as a keen football player. |
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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. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: The Simpsons: Hit and Run |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Pearl Harbour |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Sound of Music |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Beatles - Hey Jude |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 |
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| Job Title: Accounts Supervisor |
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Job Title: Accounts Apprentice |
| 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. |
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What Joe Does: Joe, our youngest employee, has recently joined the Accounts Team to help organise all of our invoices and receipts. In his spare time he enjoys spending time out with his friends on his moped. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tetris |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Toy Story |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Happy Gilmore |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Jungle Book Original Soundtrack |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane |
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| Job Title: Logistics Co-Ordinator |
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Job Title: Warehouse Manager |
| 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 Stu Does: Stu oversees the organisation and co-ordination of products coming to and leaving Home Leisure Direct's bustling Bristol warehouse. An avid cribbage player, he spends many an evening at tournaments skunking the competition. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tekken |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Mario Kart |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Jaws |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Predator |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Prodigy - Breath |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven |
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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
| 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 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. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Colin McRae Rally |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Super Mario Bros. |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Enter The Dragon |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Goodfellas |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: 50 Cent - In Da Club |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody |
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| Job Title: Warehouse Operative |
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Job Title: Commercial Supervisor |
| 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. |
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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: Sonic the Hedgehog |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Games: Crash Bandicoot |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Stand By Me |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Guard |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: UB40 - Red Red Wine |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Bad Company - Bad Company |
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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Games: Street Fighter |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Games: Gears of War |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Casino |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Die Hard |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Farrel Williams - Happy |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Eminem - Just Lose It |
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Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor |
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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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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Knockout Kings |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Die Hard |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Guns 'n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle |
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| Job Title: Managing Director |
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Job Title: Operations Manager |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Donkey Kong |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: The Real Ghostbusters |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Wall Street |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Ghostbusters |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters |
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| Job Title: HR Consultant |
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Job Title: IT Support |
| What Charlie Does: Co-founder of HLD, Charlie keeps the team happy in mind and body through clear verbal communication and regular exercise. He doesn't like to see anything go to waste and is therefore a dedicated freegan. |
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What Frank Does: Frank oversees all IT activities from a central hub. 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. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Duck Hunt |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Paperboy |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Beethoven |
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Favourite Classic Movie: E.T. the Extra-Terrestial |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Elvis Presley - Hound Dog |
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