Recent Slow Dating News
Now accepting PayPal
We're pleased to announce that we now accept PayPal as a payment method on our website.
You can still use your credit card if you wish, but we know many people have PayPal accounts and like the anonymity they offer in the purchasing process.
Like us on Facebook
As you know, Facebook is the grand daddy of social media and it is the only place where we offer discounts on our events. You can join nearly 500 others who have "liked" us on Facebook to receive our event updates and discount codes.
All you have to do is like us on Facebook.
Lock and Key Roadshow 2013
It's Spring 2013 and we are touring the country with our successful Lock and Key Party format. We will be holding parties in seven cities over the next few months, starting in Bath and Southampton
Each party will includes over £400 worth of prizes, and up to 200 singles looking for a new partner.
Speed Dating FAQs On Video
We have made several videos, one of which is called Speed Dating FAQs, which will hopefully answer all the questions you may have about Speed Dating.
Twenty questions answered in just four minutes - now where did we get that idea?
Fancy Being A Host?
If you enjoy meeting new people, why not consider joining us as a Slow Dating host. It's well paid, fun and you will get to meet many different people.
We have several openings - just simply email us if you're interested.
The Waiting List Safety Net
As you know, Slow Dating events sell out quickly - but don't forget we offer you the safety net of being able to join a "waiting list" for all our sold out events.
We are the only UK speed dating company to do this, thus enabling us to get in touch with you if there are any last minute cancellations.
Valentines Success
We ran seventeen Valentine's Specials up and down the country on Valentine's Day - 14th February 2013 - with over 700 people enjoying a series of one to one romantic speed dates.
Celebrating Nine Successful Years
Our ninth birthday celebrations in October 2012 included two spooktacular Halloween parties, with well over 300 singles in a real party mood.
As you can see, these party goers had a fangtastic time with the dance floors being frightfully busy.
Award Winners
For a staggering SEVENTH year in a row, we have been honoured to be presented with the UK Speed Dating Company of the Year award by the esteemed International Dating Society.
In the 2012 awards speech, they stated that they loved our new web site, and that its advanced
functionality was simply the best!
Supporting Charity
Every year, we donate a percentage of our profits to the Against Breast Cancer charity to support them, albeit in a small way, continue their valued work and here we are presenting our latest cheque.
Please consider visiting Against Breast Cancer and make a donation too.
Latest Wedding
Here is a picture of the new Mr and Mrs Mansfield on their wedding day.
As with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we have sent the happy couple a sterling silver photo frame direct from Harrods.
The Final Countdown
As you know, our events sell out quickly. Our web site is the only one in the UK that shows instantly updated availability information for all of our events.
This feature lets you know exactly how many places are left at any one time and you can watch the count down of the last ten male and female places as and when people book - on the way to another sold out event.
New 40 Plus Online Dating Site
We have launched a new online dating site specifically for those aged 40 and over. This site provides fortysomethings with detailed profiles of suitable partners and has a very sophisticated who's near me? feature, full messaging capabilities and a very advanced auto matching system.
New Mobile Site
Out and about? No problem as you can access our fully featured mobile site with your smart phone from wherever you happen to be.
Our updated mobile site enables you to check availability and book for events, upload a photo, enter your ticks, check your matches and even send virtual gifts direct from your phone.
The Love Boat 2012 Success
For the fifth year in a row we chartered a boat for a four hour cruise along the Thames this summer.
It was once again very successful, with well over 200 fun loving singles mingling and chatting to other singles on a warm summer's night. It was a fun and memorable evening and we look forward to doing it all again next year.
More Weddings
We have had plenty of emails most months from happy couples who have recently tied the knot, having originally met at one of our events.
As with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we send the bride a sterling silver photo frame direct from Harrods.
New Interface
Having received plenty of positive feedback about our fresh new website, we have moved onto improving the post-event interface for everyone.
It is now even easier to enter ticks, see who has ticked you, who has yet to tick, add more ticks, send virtual gifts and most importantly see details of the people you match with.
Going for Gold
With Olympic fever gripping the nation, remember that there are plenty of single people out there who would hold a torch for you. If only they met you!
Whether you are looking for a Marathon partner or someone good as gold who will jump through hoops for you, now is the time to check future events near you
and find yourself a winner.
New Website
June 2012 and our new website is live. It has a fresh design, but its beauty is more than skin deep.
The new website offers many enhancements including bright new images, enhanced venues listings and improved navigation making it easy to find what you're looking for.
New Venues
We strive to provide the most suitable venues in the twenty plus cities we run events in.
Recent new bars for us include Oceana in Leeds, Gascoyne Place in Bath, The Grinch in Manchester, The Living Room in Bristol, Pitcher and Piano in Nottingham and BakerStreet in Swindon.
Another Wedding
Here is a picture of the new Mr and Mrs Middleton on their wedding day.
As with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we have sent the happy couple a sterling silver photo frame direct from Harrods.
Slow Dating Gift Vouchers
Want to help one of your friends to find a new partner?
In which case, why not buy a Slow Dating gift voucher, valid for any of our events.
Your friend is naturally able to choose the future date, place, time and age range that suits them.
Wedding Bells
We get plenty of emails from people who have found love by coming to one of our events.
In just one week, we have heard from three excitable women telling us that they have received marriage proposals from someone they met at a Slow Dating evening.
The UK's favourite Speed Dating company
It's official - we run more speed dating events in more cities than any other speed dating company in the UK.
We are thus able to offer you more choices and more matches than any other speed dating company.
Free Speed Dating if England won Euro 2012
Here's an amazing match winning offer we made just before the Euro 2012 football tournament.
We said that if England won Euro 2012, we would refund everyone who had booked in the previous month, their money.
It was not be, but maybe next time - the World Cup in Brazil 2014??
Fancy Being A Host?
If you enjoy meeting new people, why not consider joining us as a Slow Dating host. It's well paid, fun and you will get to meet many different people.
We have several openings - just simply email us if you're interested.
Tweet Tweet
We discovered twitter a long time ago and have been twittering away since early 2010.
We twitter daily about life here at Slow
Dating HQ and provide quirky updates on our matchmaking lives.
It's so easy to follow us on twitter.
Twenties Only Evenings
Over the next
twenty days or so we will once again be running our popular
twentysomethings events - twenty events exclusively for those in
their twenties to enjoy dates with other twenty
somethings.
There is a choice of twenty events in twenty
cities!
Online Dating
Our recently updated Online Dating site offers you detailed profiles of hundreds
of suitable singles near you and provides you with a sophisticated
auto-match function, and full messaging capabilities.
Click on the image to check it out.
Send a Virtual Gift
It is fun, and easy to send a virtual gift to anyone you have ever ticked at any event you have been to.
Sending a virtual gift is only a pound or so and it is discreetly billed direct to your mobile phone.
Naturally, we are the only UK company to offer this service.
Facebook Updates
Join our updated Facebook fan page, check out loads of photos, see all our videos, post to the wall and get all our latest news as and when it happens.
One final thing, if you simply
like us you will get to hear about any future discounted events first.
Four Minutes Is All It Takes
Our techies have done some number crunching and have worked out that there were a staggering 19,980 matches as a result of Slow Dating events held throughout the UK in 2011.
No surprises that this has led to many successful relationships, and some eleven marriages last year; well eleven that we know about anyway!
Video Goodies
We have a wide range of videos on the site, to help you get the most out of your experience with us.
Subjects include what happens at an evening, good questions to ask, what not to ask and so on. You are bound to pick up some useful information.
New Website Coming Soon!
February 2012, and we show a snippet of our new web site which was currently under development at the time.
We stated that the fresh new design will offer many improvements including enhanced venues listings, an easier to use personal account interface and improved navigation, making it easy to find exactly what you're looking for.
Bristol Launch
November 2011, and we have recently run our first event in Bristol - the twenty sixth UK city where you can enjoy our brand of quality speed dating.
Following the launch we will now be running regular events for all age ranges to help Bristolians find new partners.
Award Winners
For a completely staggering SIXTH year in a row, we have been honoured to be presented with the "UK Speed Dating Company of the Year" award by the International Dating Society.
Ah, we're blushing.
Pull A Cracker
A quick reminder that we run events in more cities than any other speed dating company in Europe.
It thus follows that we are able to offer you more choice and more matches than anyone else.
Christmas is as good a time as any to go Slow Dating and pull yourself a cracker.
That Gift That Keeps Giving
Looking for a different, imaginative present? Want to see one of your friends or family meet someone new?
In which case, why not buy a Slow Dating gift voucher, valid for any of our events.
Your friend is naturally able to choose the future date, place, time and age range that suits them.
Updated Online Dating Site
Our updated online dating site offers detailed profiles of many suitable singles in all ranges.
The site provides full messaging capabilities and a sophisticated auto-match function - and it is of course free to join.
All For Charity
Each year, we donate a percentage of our annual profits to the Against Breast Cancer charity to support them, albeit in a small way, continue their valued work and here we are presenting our latest cheque.
Please consider visiting Against Breast Cancer and make a donation if you wish.
Another Wedding
We have had plenty of emails from happy couples who have tied the knot, having originally met at one of our events.
As with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we send the bride a sterling silver heart shaped trinket box direct from Harrods.
Lock and Key Roadshow
We are touring the country with our successful Lock and Key Party format. E-tickets are selling well for the first two cities on the roadshow - Reading and Bournemouth.
Each party includes over £300 worth of prizes, and well over 100 singles looking for a new partner.
Party On
It's hard to
believe how the years have gone by, but it's our EIGHTH anniversary
soon, and yes we will be having a party to celebrate.
This
year's theme is Fortune Telling and we have booked
a tarot card reader, a psychic, a palm reader and a clairvoyant.
Smart Phone, Smart Site
Just a reminder that you can access our web site via your mobile.
Our fully featured mobile site enables you to check availability and book for events, upload a photo, enter your ticks, check your matches and even send virtual gifts direct from your phone.
Free Wedding Gift
For all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we send the happy couples a sterling silver photo frame, or keepsake box, direct from Harrods.
All you have to do is send us a picture of you on your big day, just like the new Mr and Mrs Hill did.
The Love Boat 2011
Our mid summer (although it rained) party on the Love Boat cruising down the Thames was loads of fun.
Well over 200 single people on the lookout for a partner had fun trying to get their locks and keys to match and there were plenty of people who were, how shall we say, canoodling by the end of the night
Fabulous Lock And Key Party
Our fabulous Lock and Key Party on Friday 27th May, was our best party to date. We had ice breakers, loads of great prizes, chart topping classics and 150 of London's finest singles partying the night away.
Facebook Group
Join our updated Facebook fan page, check out loads of photos, see all of our videos, post onto the wall and get all of our latest news as and when it happens.
To twist your arm a little further, if you simply like us you will get to hear about any discounted Slow Dating events first.
More Accurate Than SatNav
In conjunction with Google Maps, our new enhanced mapping service helps you find your way to your chosen evening easily.
As well as enabling you to zoom in and out and move around the local area map, you will be able to see the nearest bus stops and car parks.
Valentine's Week
Cupid was running overtime for us this Valentine's Day. We had twelve successful Valentine's Events resulting in hundreds of matches around the UK.
Having a Ghoulish Good Time
We laid on a spooktacular do for Halloween 2010 - at the Jewel Bar, in the heart of the West End.
Our proven lock and key format went with a bang. 190 of London's finest arrived - some in fancy dress - creating a spooky night for all. Looks like next year is already a must.
Seven Successful Slow Dating Years
Our SEVENTH birthday bash at Kukui in Oxford was a HUGE success.
This year's Hawaiian themed line up included the always popular Lock and Key icebreakers, mini speed dating sessions, and our very own Hula Hula girls. Over 150 people attended and partied till early hours of the morning.
New Office
After nearly seven years at our previous office overlooking the river at The Love Suite, we have moved to a new more spacious office just up the road.
We have christened our new funky state of the art air conditioned home The Penthouse Suite; as it is on the top floor!
Now, just where did we leave the aircon remote control?
The Love Boat 2010
Our summer parties aboard the Love Boat in previous years were so successful that we did it again this year.
6th August 2010 was a fabulous warm summer evening and over 200 fun loving people enjoyed the cruise down the Thames, together with Lock and Key icebreakers, a DJ and a sumptuous buffet.
Dinner in the Dark
In April 2010 we ran the most unusual blind date experience of the year - dating and dining in complete darkness!
34 adventurous diners enjoyed an evening with a difference with the overwhelming majority saying they would recommend the experience.
Now in 26 cities
In February 2010 we successfully ran our first ever event in Milton Keynes - the twenty sixth UK city where you can now enjoy our brand of quality Speed Dating.
Following the successful launch, we will now be running regular events for the good people of MK.
Award Winners (again)
Towards the end of 2009, we have once again been awarded "UK Speed Dating company of the year" by the acclaimed International Dating Society.
They stated our unique matching system is the best there is - and the best by some distance!
We are blushing.
Doing our bit for charity
Every year, a percentage of our annual profits goes to a breast cancer charity to support them, albeit in a small way, continue their valued work.
Here we are presenting our latest cheque, to one of the charity's trustees - Simon Cowell's Mum - Julia.
Speed Dating FAQs Video
The latest video we have made will hopefully answer all the questions you may have, and some you may not have, about Speed Dating.
Twenty questions answered in just four minutes - now where did we get that idea?
Virtual Gifts
September 2009 and our customers can now send virtual gifts to anyone they have ever ticked at any event they have been to.
We are the only Speed Dating company to offer such a service.
Celebrating Six Successful Years
200 people chatted, flirted and danced away at our recent sixth birthday bash in Oxford.
As well as enjoying the mini Slow Dating sessions and the fabulous loved up cocktails, party goers were treated to a range of hits from the World's Number One George Michael tribute act.
Love on the Boat - Video
We thought you'd like to see how a Lock and Key Party actually works, so here is a video we made at our party on the Love Boat during our party cruise down the Thames this summer.
Picture Perfect
We now include thumbnail pictures of everyone you match with in our instant match emails letting you literally get to see details of all the people you have matched with.
Naturally, we are the only UK Speed Dating company that offers this feature.
Speed Dating Tips Video #2
We have released another video in our series of Speed Dating tips - all planned to help make you successful in finding the right person.
Click on the image and check out our tongue in cheek guide on what NOT to say at a Slow Dating evening.
Yet Another Wedding
Congratulations to Steve and Amy who found love at one of our Bournemouth events, way back in 2005.
As is the case with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we sent the bride a sterling silver heart shaped trinket box.
Speed Dating Tips Video
We have been busy making a whole series of videos to help you be successful at Speed Dating, and to find that long term partner.
Click on the image to have a look at the first video we have released and pick up some tips on "Good Speed Dating Questions".
Love on the Boat
Our Summer Party on the Love Boat cruising down the Thames was a huge success with over 200 fun loving people trying to get their locks and keys to match so they could exchange details.
With our glammed up sailor themed hosts looking after everyone, the Love Boat proved a huge hit, with party goers washing down the buffet with plenty of ice cold drinks before hitting the dance floor with a vengeance.
Summer Wedding
Many emails have been received recently from happy, Slow Dating introduced, couples who have tied the knot.
Here's just one example of a couple on their big day - this is the new Mrs Dixon being swept off her feet in Jamaica by her new husband.
More Books
We have just expanded the books section on the web site, bringing together in one place a wide range of useful dating and relationship titles, so you may well find something that is suitable for you - or a friend of yours!
Lock and Key Party hits the Road
Loads of fun was had at the recent Lock and Key Singles Parties in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle with many people getting hooked up, and getting so many matches, we nearly ran out of raffle tickets.
As well as the Lock and Key matchmaking, party goers enjoyed exchanging flirt cards at the photo wall. Click the image to see some of the pictures from the nights.
Tweet Tweet
We have been twittering away for quite a while now.
We twitter about life here at Slow Dating HQ, and also provide useful info including dating do's and dont's, tips and tricks, newsy updates and best of all, occasional special offers.
Valentines Successes
We ran a record number of Valentine's Specials in 2009 - fourteen - and oddly enough we had fourteen emails the following week telling us that Cupid had struck.
Online Chat
In total during 2008, we handled nearly five hundred customer enquiries via our real time interactive chat system which enables us to answer any question you may have out about our services.
Over £5,000 now raised
Each year, a percentage of our annual profits goes to a breast cancer charity to support them continue their important research work.
Our donation cheque for 2008 takes our total contributions to over £5,000.
Celebrating Five Successful Years
Over 200 people chatted, flirted and danced away at our recent fifth birthday bash.
As well as enjoying mini Slow Dating sessions, many people had a go at the Salsa and Belly dancing lessons on offer as well as trying their Locks and Keys hoping to claim some of the £400 worth of prizes that were given away on the night.
Midsummer Night's Party
Our Midsummer Night's Party cruising down the Thames on the Love Boat was loads of fun with 228 fun loving people exchanging details whilst trying to get their locks and keys to match.
With our oh so scary pirate hosts looking after everyone, the Love Boat proved a huge hit, with party goers washing down the sumptuous buffet with one or two drinks before strutting their stuff on the dance floor.
Now in 25 cities
In April 2008 we ran our first ever event in Southend - the twenty fifth UK city where people can enjoy our brand of quality Speed Dating.
Following the successful launch, we will now run regular events for all age ranges in Essex.
Online Dating goes live
Our Online Dating site launched in March 2008. It offers you detailed profiles of thousands of potential new partners and provides you a sophisticated auto-match function and full messaging capabilities.
Click on the image to register for FREE.
Your very own personalised invite
Our recent personalised novelty "comic strip" email was a huge success with many people customising the message and sending it onto their friends.
This email enables you to select your friend's name, their sex, where they live and their nearest event city.
A busy night for Cupid
On February 14th 2008, we ran a record number of Valentine's Night Specials throughout the country.
With all the events sold out and some very positive feedback from our customers, Cupid must have been busy on the night!
Successful Speed Dating
Our techies have done some number crunching and have worked out that there were an incredible 43,516 matches as a result of Slow Dating events held throughout the UK in 2007.
No surprises that this has led to many relationships, and some nine marriages last year; well nine that we know about anyway!
Doing our bit for charity
Each year, a percentage of our annual profits goes to breast cancer charities to support them continue their valued and specialised work.
Here we are presenting our latest cheque.
Now in 24 Cities Across the UK
In September 2007 we successfully organised our first ever event in Norwich - the twenty fourth UK city where you can now enjoy our brand of quality Speed Dating.
Following the launch, we will now run regular events for all age ranges in Norwich.
Celebrating Four Fun Years
Over 200 people drank, chatted and danced away at our recent fourth birthday bash.
As well as joining the mini Slow Dating sessions, and a rather large Photo Wall, many people had fun trying their Locks and Keys hoping to claim some of the £300 worth of prizes that were given away on the night.
Twenty Twentysomethings
During September 2007, we ran twenty events up and down the UK exclusively for those in their twenties.
Yet another wedding
Congratulations to Jason and Sarah, who found love at one of our events and were recently married.
As with all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we sent the bride a sterling silver heart keepsake box direct from Harrod's.
Love Unlocked
Our London Summer Party was a huge success with over 150 fun loving people exchanging details whilst trying to get their locks and keys to match.
The Photo Wall at the party was a hit, with almost everyone having their picture added to the wall. Over 600 flirt cards were given out on the night by the party goers.
Caribbean Wedding
For all Slow Dating introduced weddings, we send the happy couple a Harrod's sterling silver keepsake box.
Here is Mr and Mrs Hill, who met at one of our events, looking very happy having just tied the knot on a beach in the Caribbean.
Europe's Favourite
It's official - we now run events in more cities than any other speed dating company in Europe.
We are thus able to offer you more choice and more matches than any other speed dating company in Europe!
Liverpool Launch
In March 2007, we successfully launched Slow Dating in Liverpool.
Forty daters enjoyed spectacular romantic views across Albert Dock throughout the evening. Liverpool becomes the twenty third city where we run our brand of successful, fun Speed Dating.
No phone booking surcharge
While other speed dating companies charge you up to £2 per person for telephone bookings, we choose not to.
Although the vast majority of our bookings are made online, there are no booking fees or surcharges if you prefer to book over the phone with us.
Great New Venues
We strive to provide the most suitable venues in all of the cities we run events in.
Recent new bars for us are:- the oh so trendy Al Duomo in Brighton, Tiger Tiger in Leeds, The Spot in Swindon and in London, Alibi in the City and Bar 101 in the West End, recently described as "the perfect place to pull".
Heart Warming
All of our Valentine's Day 2007 Specials were incredibly successful with a staggering 87% of people getting at least one match.
With our enhanced matching engine, daters can contact their admirers immediately by email, phone or text.
Your pod or mine?
To ensure that love was truly in the air at our Valentine's Day launch in York, we hired the Yorkshire Wheel for the night.
44 daters were treated to bubbly on arrival and enjoyed spectacular romantic views across the city from their individual pods.
We will now be running regular Slow Dating events in York.
Four minutes is all it takes
Our techies did some number crunching and worked out that there were a staggering 37,456 matches as a result of Slow Dating events held throughout the UK in 2006.
No surprises that this has led to many relationships, and some seven marriages that we know about.
No email - no worries
Anyone without email can easily join in the fun Slow Dating.
All they need is a mobile, and our FREE SMS text alerting service will automatically send details of matches direct to their mobile the instant any admirers match with them.
Award Winners
We have been awarded "UK Speed Dating company of the year - 2006" by the acclaimed International Dating Society.
They stated our emphasis on quality, our friendly hosts, our customer service and our unique matching system makes us the best speed dating company in the UK.
Thanks Guys.
Now in Cardiff
In October 2006, we successfully launched in Wales - demonstrating yet again we are the fastest growing speed dating company in the UK.
Cardiff becomes the twenty first city where people can enjoy our stylish fun events.
For a good cause
A generous percentage of our annual profits goes to three breast cancer charities to support them, albeit in a small way, continue their valued and specialised work.
Here we are presenting our latest cheque. Click on the image if you want to do your bit too.
Third Birthday Bash
Our third anniversary party was loads of fun with 200 singles enjoying a great party.
This year's line up included Karaoke, a Red Room with Cupids who hand delivered flirty and dirty messages; a White Room with mini Slow Dating sessions and a Blue Room where mobile phone fanatics "toothed" one another messages of lurrve.
Photo Upload Enhancement
Our latest site enhancement lets you upload your photo to help the people you've dated remember what you look like!
Top to Toe Makeover Winner
Congratulation to Yorkshire lass Claire who won one of our recent competitions. She is off for a top to toe makeover and a full days pampering at Champneys health resort.
Here she is receiving her prize envelope from our Leeds host Denise.
Invite a friend
Our latest web site enhancement gives you the ability to easily forward on details of a Slow Dating event that interests you to a friend of yours.
Naturally the message to your friend contains a link to enable you both to easily book onto your chosen evening.
Azzurri United
You may remember our recent offer - book for any event this summer (2006) and if your country wins the World Cup, we will refund your money.
We would have happily refunded the thousand or so English people who booked with us last month, but as we know, Sven let us down and England came home early.
So instead, we are refunding eight happy Italians.
Free wedding present
We often get emails from people who have found love at one of our events, telling us about their forthcoming weddings.
So, being the generous folks that we are, we have decided that for all future Slow Dating introduced weddings, we will send the bride a sterling silver heart keepsake box from Harrod's.
New books in bookshop
We have expanded the books section of our web site, bringing together in one place all sorts of dating and relationship related books.
Expect to see incredibly cheesy titles, such as "How to increase your marriage potential" and "How we're different and what to do about it" but you may well find something that tickles your fancy - check out the range now.
Wedding bells
We often get emails from people who not only enjoy our events, but find love. During May 2006 we heard from four very excitable men who were each bubbling away at the news that their new sweethearts had agreed to their marriage proposals.
Never get lost again
Our enhanced mapping service lets you find your way to the venue easily.
As well as enabling you to zoom in and out and move around the map; with our special print function, you will only print the map details - there will be no annoying adverts on our print-outs.
Come on you Lions
Back in June 2006, we had an amazing match winning offer - book for any event this summer and if England win the 2006 World Cup, we will refund you your money.
Not English? Choose you who think will win, and if they do, then you will get the cost of your speed dating refunded.
Another great new venue
We strive to provide the most suitable venues in each of the twenty cities we run events in.
Our most recent new London bar is called Number 5 - as in Number 5 Cavendish Square - just a few minutes walk from Oxford Circus tube station.
Formerly the Spanish Embassy, it has been imaginatively converted into a stylish and chic space.
Attracting the right people
Leading Life Coach, and one of our Brighton hosts, Lisa Mitchell invites you to sign up for a full day interactive workshop and discover how to attract the right people, how to make your relationships work and how to be truly magnetic.
Lisa assures us that at the end of the day, you will be a changed person.
Continued growth
In March 2006, we successfully launched in two more cities - Reading and Leicester - demonstrating once again we are the fastest growing speed dating company around.
Adding ticks
March 2006, and our latest system enhancement lets you not only see who has ticked you, but also gives you a second chance to add an extra tick or two.
It means you will never be caught between two minds again with the added bonus that you will probably get an extra match or two as well.
On the radio
With all the recent kerfuffle surrounding Valentine's Day, we made a number of media appearances in February 2006.
Here's MD Carl popping up live on BBC Radio to chat about how Slow Dating can lead to true love.
"Calm Down, Calm Down"
Ever expanding, we expect to bring our brand of quality speed dating to a number of new cities during 2006.
First to benefit from the Slow Dating phenomenon will be those ever lovable Liverpudlians.
Learn all about "Dating Confidence"
Respected dating expert, and our popular Manchester host, Tony Wrighton, has just released a unique dating tips CD - "Dating Confidence in 30 minutes".
It's an easy listen and full of top tips - and available for fast download in various formats from Tony's Science of Dating web site.
See who has yet to tick
Although our system automatically chases up people to enter their ticks after an event, our latest system enhancement enables you to see who has yet to enter their choices.
This will make the wait for your matches to come through more exciting and less nerve jangling.
For a Good Cause
Some of our annual profits goes to breast cancer charities to help them in their valued and specialised work.
Here's our MD Carl presenting our latest cheque.
Celebrating two fabulous years
In September 2005, over 200 people enjoyed our second birthday bash at award winning bar come club Escape.
There were a lot of sore heads, and sore feet, the next day as party goers were treated to complimentary cha-cha, merengue and salsa dance sessions, and for a few brave souls, belly dancing lessons.
London Lives
Continuing our expansion, we are delighted to announce that, thanks to popular demand, we are now running more events than ever before in the Capital.
Yet more proof that Slow Dating works!
Lucky Thirteen
We pop up on TV from time to time, most recently on Grampian up in Scotland, on one of those "Things you have to do before you die" type programmes.
The show was presented by "Scotland's 13th most eligible bachelor". However, after he attended a Slow Dating evening in Edinburgh, he is no longer single.
Always Improving
We have introduced a customer feedback survey system which will help us to further improve our offering to you.
This online survey enables you to provide feedback on the quality of the venue, the hosts, the web site and so on. It is is quick and easy to fill in and is available for all events that you have ever attended.
Going on Seventeen
Following a successful launch in March 2005, Sheffield has become the latest - the seventeenth - city in which we now run regular speed dating events.
In keeping with our policy of only using up-market venues, we now have a regular booking at The Halcyon - recently voted one of Europe's best bars.
Wedding bells?
We regularly get emails and calls from people who not only enjoy our events, but find love. During May we heard from three excitable men who shall remain nameless who were each chuffed to bits that their new honeys had agreed to their marriage proposals.
Yet more proof that Slow Dating does work!
How to Succeed at Speed Dating
Leading relationship expert Clare McCann launched her book "How to Succeed at Speed Dating" at our event at The Paragon Lounge in London's West End on May 12th 2005. All attendees received a free signed copy of the book and dating tips from Clare.
"How to Succeed at Speed Dating" is just one of the many titles you can buy at our online book store.
No Phone Booking Surcharge
While other speed dating companies charge you up to £2 per person for telephone bookings, we choose not to.
Although the vast majority of our bookings are made online, there are no booking fees or surcharges if you prefer to book over the phone with us.
It is all part of the quality service we offer you.
Off to Prague
It's Easter 2005 and here are lucky competition winners Jamie and Suzanne, who met at a Slow Dating event last year, will be enjoying a three night break in Prague this Bank Holiday weekend.
Instant matches by SMS text alert
You can now receive details of your matches direct to your mobile the instant your admirers match with you.
Our SMS text alerting service is a free service to you and is an easily selectable option in your preference settings.
We are the first Speed Dating company in the world to offer this SMS text alert service!
Waiting List Safety Net
As you know, our events sell out quickly - so we offer you a safety net with the ability to join a "waiting list" for all our sold out events.
This enables us to quickly get in touch with you if there are any last minute cancellations!
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