£30 billion spent on looking for love

Date: 2006-10-17

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Lonely Britons spend £30 billion a year looking for love. Some £14.8 billion is spent on the search for the perfect partner with a further £15.2 billion going on keeping love alive, says the internet dating firm Parship.

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