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rosePress Release - Elegant Introductions: the Introductions Agency with the Personal Touch

The day I fell for a cowboy in corduroy.

Hilary Jones was single and had just undergone gruelling treatment for breast cancer when she met Bruce Wilkie. On Valentine’s Day she tells why the last thing she expected to find was love again - along with a new business venture. 

Hilary used to dream about running an introductions agency, the kind which would take the embarrassment and discomfort out of trying to meet new people. She felt the time was right for Bruce and herself to start their own agency and they launched Elegant Introductions in 2004.

’One day we were walking along the beach, wondering what we would be doing if we hadn’t met, and we both said ’nothing’. We realised how lucky we were and how different life would be if we were still on our own. It’s the general companionship that we value, the person to share a home and a few interests with.

’Our business is just about nice people meeting other nice people. Friends always ask how you start something like this. You need people to introduce people to and we started with friends and friends of friends and it just grew. Our clients now range from 30 to 71. We’ve recently had calls from ladies in their 80’s eho say they are very fit and just want to meet a nice man’

The clients on Bruce and Hilary’s books have all been personally interviewed. Some have been bereaved; others have seen their marriages break down and sometimes they’ve been so busy building up a business, they haven’t had the time to meet anyone. Others are merely seeking friendship.

’I always tell people to keep it light on their first meeting, over a coffee or a glass of wine’ she says.’Then if they get on well, they can go for a meal afterwards. If you raise your expectations too high the first time you put extra pressure on everything’.

’We’ve had a few postcards recently announcing engagements and from a couple who are planning their wedding. I always say that the worst that can happen is that you will meet some very nice people. The best thing is that one of those very nice people will be the one for you’.

Published on System.Byte[] by Northern Echo.