Global Personals; a short history

Founded by Ross Williams and Steve Pammenter in 2003, Global Personals Limited has grown from humble beginnings operating out of Ross’s apartment to become one of the most successful online dating companies in the world now employing over 100 full time staff with annualised revenues in excess of £30million.

After launching our first dating site Singles365.com in 2003, we established WhiteLabelDating.com as a platform for brands and individuals to use to power their own dating sites.

Over time we have welcomed some of the world’s most successful media organisations to our platform including Bauer Media, The Independent, National Magazine Company, Future Publishing and Dennis Publishing.

We’re also the dating platform of choice for hundreds of successful internet entrepreneurs who use our WhiteLabelDating.com platform to power dating sites including PlentyMoreFish.com, Dateline.co.uk, Single50s.co.uk, Canoodle.me.uk and TheDatingGroup.co.uk.

We also recognise the need to grow both the domestic and international online dating markets and have continued to invest heavily in a number of key consumer propositions which we control, including Singles365.com, DatingAgency.com and JustSingleParents.com.

Global Personals has received a collection of accolades including fastest growing company in the South East, UK, in the 2011 and 2010 Deloitte Fast 50 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, won Digital Business Of The Year 2010, highly ranked in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 (2010, 2011) and the European Media Momentum Top 50, 2011. WhiteLabelDating.com has also won ‘Best Dating Software Provider’ for the 3rd Year Running at industry awards, iDate.

Consumers are at the heart of everything we do, flexible and open to feedback, we want to make the experiences on our sites the best that they can possibly be.

We’re passionate about connecting people – we believe that life is for living and want to make a positive difference in people’s lives.

Full resources including logos and high resolution photographs can be obtained from our PR & Media section.

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