Uk Dating: The Guardian: The love business: On the eve of Valentines Day Libby Brooks investigates the booming dating industry, used by one in five single adults in the UK
Darren Richards (36, professional, enjoys travelling and water sports) is one of the success stories of the extraordinary upsurge in the dating services industry. Not least because Richards met his current partner of three years through an online dating website. But no less in his capacity as chief executive of DatingDirect.com, the UK's largest dating service with more than half a million active members, which last year reaped a profit "at the high end of seven...
Uk Dating: A speedy kind of love
Speed dating has arrived in Chippenham and reporter RONAN MCCAUGHEY went along to find out if the path of true love can run smooth when couples only have a few minutes to impress.YOU could perhaps see corporate high flyers in London going for speed dating, but the fact it's a hit in Chippenham is proof of our need for fast love.In days gone by, seeking a mate was unnecessary because most couples knew each other from social activities such as church.This gave the pair...
Uk Dating: Dates with destiny,
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Dating game innovators have cooked up new ways to make a hot love connection, Clara Iaccarino writes. Degustation dating A tasting plate of food and potential suitors, degustation dating allows you to sample gourmet bites and boys. There's more time allocated for dinner and dating, with 12 minutes per suitor as you sample chef Jeff Schroeter's French yum cha delights at Eat City in the CBD. A fun night for foodies and flirters, degustation dating provides a doubly...
Uk Dating: Western Morning News: Naval base opens its door to the public
The essential contribution of the emergency services will be celebrated at Devonport Naval Base this weekend.Tomorrow and Sunday visitors will have the chance to delve into the colourful history of the naval base, while on Sunday, they can explore the role of Plymouth's emergency services behind the dockyard gates as part of a special feature. The base has its own fire station - now a museum dedicated to fire prevention and control through the ages - with a range of different...
Uk Dating: The Daily Telegraph: No love lost at Dateline
BROKEN hearts at UK dating agency Dateline after it failed to wrest ownership of US internet domain name ``dateline.com'' from one Ms Cynthia Newcomer.Dateline accused Newcomer of acting in bad faith, claiming she had posted ads on dateline.com to divert potential Dateline UK customers to rival sites. The World Intellectual Property Organisation, which decides these things, ruled in her favour. Dateline had sought to buy the name, but since it offered less than the...