{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Biz Thing: Unveiling Tomorrow's Business","title":"Next Biz Thing #379 homeandawaygaming.co.uk","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":386,"description":"Home and Away Gaming https://www.homeandawaygaming.co.uk/Home and Away Gaming brings fully hosted video gaming parties to homes, gardens, and venues across London and Kent, complete with PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and VR racing setups run by an on-site team from start to finish. Packages scale from intimate get-togethers to twenty-two person events, with a standout VR racing experience that turns one player's race into a full room's shared celebration. Parents consistently praise the stress-free, professionally managed experience the team delivers. Tune in to hear how this Bromley-based company turned gaming into the centerpiece of unforgettable celebrations.Think back to the last truly great kids' birthday party you were at, the one where nobody was watching the clock, nobody was bored, and the birthday kid was still talking about it a week later. Chances are, it wasn't the bouncy castle or the face painting that made it unforgettable. It was the moment everyone in the room was doing the same thing at the same time, cheering for the same person, groaning at the same near miss. That's a harder thing to manufacture than it sounds, and it's exactly what today's business has built an entire company around.Welcome back to The Next Biz Thing. I'm Markus J. Diplama, and this is the show where I track down the businesses quietly rewriting the rules in their corner of the world. Today I'm looking at Home and Away Gaming, a company based in Bromley bringing full scale gaming parties straight to homes, gardens, and venues across London and Kent. And once I dug into what they actually do on the day of an event, I understood why families keep talking about them long after the party's over.Here's the concept in plain terms. Home and Away Gaming shows up at your event with consoles, screens, VR headsets, and a hosted setup, and turns whatever space you've got, a living room, a garden, a hall, into what amounts to a mini gaming arena. This isn't a drop off and leave...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Pb0F3jmlyIfOyRlax9T63lldyNPycKwPJeWzBdTAC44/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5NzEzLzE3MDc4/NDQ0NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}