A dating agency that has been matchmaking people from it’s offices in London and Windsor for over 30 years has celebrated its anniversary. Ninety couples came back to thank the woman who made it all possible at an open house celebration in their head office in Windsor. Karen Mooney set up the Sara Eden Dating…
Marriage has emerged as a serious — and perhaps surprising — social divide FRASER NELSON In the digital era, those looking for soul-mates can be brutally clear about who need not apply. There are websites like Blues Match, for alumni of Oxbridge and Ivy League universities only. Then come the smartphone apps: Tinder, for…
February 14 Valentine’s Day. A time for lovers to express their feelings for each other by giving cards, flowers and chocolates. In the UK, just under half of the population spend money on their Valentines and around £1.3 billion is spent yearly on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards…
Doctor in love? Our resident GP Rosemary Leonard lacks just one thing in her busy life – the perfect partner. We challenged her to put a dating agency to the test. To be honest, I’d given up on men. I’d had a couple of boyfriends since my divorce eight years ago, but they didn’t…
Dating agencies are booming, but what actually goes on behind the scenes – and can you really meet the man of your dreams? Samm Taylor reports. For Karen Mooney, weddings are an occupational hazard. On average, she attends 20 a year, sometimes more. Then there are the christenings, hen nights and baby showers –…
AS ROMANCE-STARVED LAWYERS WAIT FOR CUPID TO DRAW BACK HIS BOW, CATHERINE BAKSI FINDS HELP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LIMITED TIME TO MEET THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE If you have just spent another valentine’s day working late at the office, and going home to a microwave meal for one and the only card…
Hardworking GPs are flocking to dating agencies to find a mate. And they are proving the most popular pick for potential partners, writes Anna Goldie. Agency Sara Eden Personal Introductions says it has had a 25 percent increase in the number of GPs on its books – with January the most popular month for new…
What does vivacious blonde Karen Mooney do when she is not working to promote the Prince Philip Trust Fund ? ‘I run a dating agency’, says 33 year old Karen, who was appointed PR for the Fund six weeks ago. Her first task is to promote a celebrity Lord’s Taverners cricket match in the grounds…
By Shanaz Musafer Business reporter, BBC News Interview Process Introduction agencies do pretty much what they say on the tin – they introduce people to a potential partner to whom they think they are well suited. Discretion is the name of the game. Your picture won’t be plastered on a website for anyone to…
By Nikki Page Having reached a certain cage, our writer set about finding romance with the help of dating websites and a professional matchmaker. “No, absolutely not!” was my reaction when the Telegraph asked me, as a mature woman, if I would like to check out dating agencies. I may be single but I’m…
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 Well done Angela our Senior Consultant from our Westminster office for giving some fantastic dating tips and advice to callers on on the Yasmeen Khan show on Talk Radio London. Dating via Sara Eden is safe, sensible and fun. We will be celebrating 30 years in the industry this September and…
Erica Sheward, 38, is a technical director of a food manufacturing business. She lives in West Sussex with husband Martin, 33, a doctor. ‘I was very career focused throughout my twenties but, by my early thirties, knew I wanted to settle down. One night, I was moaning to my brother that I had…
A few years back, we all fell in love with dating. It can probably be traced (like many things) to Sex and the City. What fun it looked: dressing up in gorgeous dresses, with shoes so expensive that no man could ever appreciate them, to flit between gallery openings and fashionable restaurants with a series…
“Older men have it easy. I’m coming back as a bloke” There are always slightly more women on our books. Why? God made it that way. Women have it better when they are younger, men when thy are older. A girl in her twenties or thirties can go for older men, but 40-year-old men can go…
Tomorrow is National Dating Day and with a record 11 million singletons searching for love in the UK, the etiquette of romance has never been more complicated. Follow these 12 golden rules of dating and you will be well on course to true love. Do’s WHERE TO MEET Ideally choose a quiet wine bar…
With more single people than ever living in the UK, just over 16 million, up from a little over 12 million in 2002, according to the Office of National Statistics, it’s no surprise that dating is a big-bucks business. Many of the wealthiest singletons sign up to bespoke introduction agencies that cost from £1000 to…
Karen Mooney founded the Sara Eden Introductions dating company in 1988 and, as managing director, has watched it grow for 16 years. Pairing off single professionals, Sara Eden has resulted in more than 1,500 marriages since its conception. Karen gives dating tips on BBC2’s Celebrity Would Like To Meet tonight at 8pm. How does it…
There are more over-thirties looking for love than ever before. But why so many – and where do they start their search? Sally Brampton meets the adults who, like amorous adolescents, find themselves anxiously waiting for that email or phone call… A friend, recently divorced, is in a state of high excitement. She has a…
THEY eyed each other nervously over their glasses of champagne — successful TV scriptwriters, lawyers, surveyors and accountants. Most of the faces in this small, select and glamorous gathering had three things in common: they were very good looking, very successful and, surprisingly, single. These were just some of the attractive clients who had…
Introduction agencies are some of the fastest-growing businesses of the last decade. And its all because of you. An increasing number of directors now pay third parties to help them find the perfect mate. Wendy Smith explains why. FABULOUS SALRAY, FABULOUS HOME, fabulous prospects – and still free and single. That appears to be the…
