SpyHunt offers everyone the chance to be James Bond for the day

It is every little boy's dream. A chance to play James Bond, ask for his Martinis shaken, not stirred and engage in a strategic battle to see good triumph over evil - reports The Scotsman.

Now big kids can realise their childhood ambitions with a new type of corporate team building event which will see even the most staid employee transformed into a suave 007 replica.

SpyHunt, organised by Edinburgh-based events management firm Estate Life, will see businessmen and women flock to country houses across Scotland to be given their mission. Budding Bonds arrive at any of Estate Life's upmarket locations across Scotland to be logged onto a computer, where the firm's own answer to M gives a mission briefing and dispenses training notes.

The teams then work together, with help of "spy kits" to solve the mystery - and presumably, the world. At the end, teams are given their scores by the SpyHunt computer, which can measure each team's performance and even offer online advice about managing a team.

Games can last for 30 minutes - for James Bonds in a hurry - or three days, for those with a little more time to dedicate to saving mankind.

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