We're the UK's leading multi-award-winning games room retailer, and we've been helping people kit out their dream games rooms since 2007 - for homes, man caves, and commercial spaces alike. None of that happens without the people behind it, so we'd like to introduce you to our ever-growing team of games room specialists here at Home Leisure Direct, based at our Bristol HQ. Put a face to the voices you hear on the phone and the emails you receive from us - and get a sense of the passion (and questionable taste in classic arcade games) that goes into every recommendation we make.
- The UK's leading games room retailer, founded in 2007 and based in Bristol
- Home to the three biggest games room showrooms in Europe, where our team gets hands-on with every product before recommending it to you
- Sourcing equipment from the world's top manufacturers, many of them exclusive to us
- Backed by hundreds of independently verified 5-star reviews on Trustpilot and Google, dating back to 2016
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: Sales Executive |
| What Charlie Does: When Charlie isn't helping customers pick out their dream games room setup, you’ll find him spending weekends cheering on Bristol City from the stands at Ashton Gate as a devoted season ticket holder. At home, life is ruled by a energetic German Shepherd who keeps him on his toes and makes sure no stray tennis ball goes un-fetched. |
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What Jake Does: When it comes to our sales team, you've not met someone who's football mad until you've met Jake. Guiding customers by day and immersing himself in all things football by night, even long after the kids are asleep! |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Virtua Striker |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Mario Kart |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Pulp Fiction |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Forest Gump |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac |
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| Job Title: Sales Executive |
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What Alex Does: Having grown up an avid pool fan, it was fate that Alex would find his way to Home Leisure Direct. A sportsperson throughout life, Alex has played golf to a professional level and still keeps his hand in with most sports. When he's not helping customers find the perfect product for their space, Alex will be on a court, golf course or in the kitchen |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Space Invaders |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody |
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Our Commercial Sales Team
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| Job Title: Commercial Sales Executive |
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Job Title: Commercial Sales Executive |
| What Callum Does: Callum has made his mark supplying everything from a pool table for Arsenal FC to an arcade machine for The Farmer’s Dog. His favourite table to play on is the Rasson Apollo. As a former semi-pro footballer, padel enthusiast and proud golf addict, he brings real competitive spirit to the team. If you need anything for your commercial venue, Callum’s your guy. |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: James Bond Goldeneye |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Cast Away |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Outfield - Your Love |
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Our Customer Service Team
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| Job Title: Customer Service Manager |
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Job Title: Customer Service Executive |
| What Andrew Does: When Andy isn't helping customers, he is a massive Football fan, with a love for all sports and playing golf. He enjoys spending time with the family and friends. |
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What Ellie Does: Ellie helps at the front line of our customer service team, helping customers get the most out of their purchases. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Goldeneye |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Donkey kong junior |
| Favourite Classic Movie: The Godfather Pt 2 |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Cars 2 |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Criticize - Alexander O'Neil |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Lauryn hill killing me softly |
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| Job Title: Customer Service Executive |
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Our Marketing Team
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| Job Title: Marketing Manager |
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Job Title: Marketing Executive |
| 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 Ollie Does: Ollie’s role is predominantly focused on optimising our website, overseeing the listings on the website and ensuring each one is full of our second-to-none product knowledge. Although Ollie loves a game of pool, he’s also massively into his racing games! |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Pac-Man |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: OutRun 2 SP |
| Favourite Classic Movie: You've Got Mail |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Italian Job |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Jamie All Over - Mayday Parade |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai |
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| Job Title: Social Media Executive |
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Our Warehouse & Logistics Team
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| Job Title: Buying and Supply Chain Manager |
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| What Dan Does: Dan brings a real love of Americana to the 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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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter II |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: The Goonies |
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| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Boney M - Daddy Cool |
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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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| 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). |
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| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Street Fighter |
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| Favourite Classic Movie: Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring |
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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: Warehouse Operative |
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Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
| What Jamie Does: Keeping it real in the warehouse and in his spare time, Jamie's always on hand to help our warehouse team get everything where it's needed when it's needed. He loves a great anime series and seeing the great british coastline whenever he can. |
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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: God of War |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Super Mario Bros |
| Favourite Classic Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Goodfellas |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Eagles - Hotel California |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody |
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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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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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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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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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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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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: Street Fighter |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Outrun |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Law Abiding Citizen |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Ghostbusters |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters |
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| Job Title: Delivery Service Technician |
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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 Nathan Does: Nathan is a part of our dedicated installation team, driving up and down the country to help install great games into customers homes. At home, he's an avid drum player and enjoyer of video games. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Grand Theft Auto |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Jet Set Radio Future |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Dawn of the Dead |
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Favourite Classic Movie: Deadpool |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Village People - YMCA |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: In Between - Beartooth |
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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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Our Admin & Office Team
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| Job Title: Finance Manager |
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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. |
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What Alberto Does: Alberto helps our finance team keep their dozens of accounts and records all in a neat row. Not content just scaling this mountain of a task, he's more than ready to scale walls of any size as a keen bouldering enthusiast. |
| Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Tetris |
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Favourite Classic Arcade Game: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs |
| Favourite Classic Movie: Toy Story |
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Favourite Classic Movie: The Truman Show |
| Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: The Jungle Book Original Soundtrack |
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Favourite Classic Vinyl Track: Pendulum - Voodoo People |
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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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| 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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