BUSINESS is a game that the fast-thumbed lads from Gamer-Tech are winning.

There seems to be no stopping the three games console repairers, who got together last August after they were made redundant from the ill-fated Game and Game Station repair centre in Clifton Moor.

In less than a year the trio have moved out of a garage and into new offices at York’s Raylor Centre, doubled their number to six and are now averaging sales of £13,000 per month of which £4,000 is profit.

No surprises, then, that Jonathan Pulleyn, of Barton Hill, and Acomb technicians Daniel Patterson, and Michael Quinn, are pitching for the New Business Of The Year title in The Press Business Awards 2011.

As business booms in spite of the flatlining economy, they have already begun to re-employ others from the 90 staff cleared out of the Game premises in Amy Johnson Way when the company moved to Basingstoke.

Armed with only £600 start-up capital they persuaded the Princes Trust to grant them £1,500, took vital business courses and they were away.

They managed to team up with three computer repair shops and two second-hand dealers in the city, repairing consoles for them on a commission basis and extended their trade by offering to pick up and deliver consoles to York clients.

Growth meant moving to the 1,500 sq ft industrial unit at the Raylor Centre.

Meanwhile, they are creating a growing network of suppliers based in China and Japan for quality parts for the consoles and an online selling phase has begun, as they prepare to extend their website for trade repairs, focused on small retailers or PC repair shops, setting up small contracts and trade discounts.