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Zombie party business gets funding to break out

Zombies attacking party guests is the service provided by 33 year-old Dan Hatton, who has secured funding from Gateshead-based Transmit Start-Ups for his novel business.

The Zombieexperience event company already has a growing order book after starting up just three months ago.

Now a £6,000 loan and business mentoring will now be used to take Gloucestershire-based Dan and his team of zombies into new areas.

Dan’s team of 60 zombies are available to hire for parties and events, where guests can shoot them with airsoft weapons.

Dan explained: “Right from day one the interest in my business has been quite extraordinary, offthe scale really. There seems to be a huge thirst for my events and hundreds of people who want to be scared for fun! I am really grateful for the help from Transmit Start-Ups.

“The demand has been so great they have helped me massively on my steep self-employment learning curve and the loan has enabled me to buy some vital kit for the scenarios I produce.”

Rich Myers, director, Transmit Start-Ups said: “Dan’s business is definitely a case of right place, right time, as the interest in zombies through films like Dawn of the Dead and the series The Waking Dead is huge at present. He has a clear idea of where he wants his business to go and the right team of support workers, or zombies, if you like, to take him to the next level of success.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .