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Check Out The Winners At Last Night’s UK Dating Awards

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The Inner Circle, Hinge & Christian Connection were crowned the big winners at last night’s UK Dating Awards.

Exclusive dating brand The Inner Circle, which recently expanded to New York, took the award for Online Dating Brand Of The Year, and Hinge picked up Dating App Of The Year after its recent revamp.

In the other categories, Christian Connection won Daters’ Favourite Dating Site and Best Niche Dating App again, as well as receiving a highly commended for the Online Dating Brand of the Year & Best Customer Service award.

Best New Dating Brand went to GDI Spotlight winner ooOo, and TrueView also impressed the judges, winning Best Marketing Campaign and Safer Dating Award after introducing its new Trust Score safety feature.

Check out the full list of winners below:

Online Dating Brand Of The Year 2016

Christian Connection (Highly Commended)
Dating Factory
Elite Singles
Guardian Soulmates
The Inner Circle (Winner)
White Label Dating
Zoosk

Daters’ Favourite Dating Site 2016

Christian Connection (Winner)
eHarmony
Guardian Soulmates
Match.com
Zoosk

Dating App Of The Year 2016

Bumble
Hinge (Winner)
The Inner Circle
TrueView
Zoosk

Best New Dating Brand 2016

Did I See You
JawDrop
JigTalk
ooOo (Winner)
Temptr

Dating Expert Of The Year 2016

James Preece (Highly Commended) 
Jo Hemmings (Winner)
Kelly Bayliffe
Madeleine Mason
Sarah Ryan

Matchmaking Agency Of The Year 2016

Bowes-Lyon Partnership (Highly Commended)
Drawing Down the Moon
Elect Club
Simantov International (Winner)
The Vida Consultancy (Highly Commended)

Upcoming Matchmaker Of The Year 2016

Little Black Book
Project 143
Soiree Society NI (Winner)
South Downs Introductions

Dating Writer Of The Year 2016

Daisy Buchanan
Hayley O’Hare
Stella Grey (Winner)

iOSquare Innovation Within The Dating Industry 2016

Antidate
Good Deed Dating (Winner)
ooOo
SinglePin
TrueView

Best Customer Service 2016

Christian Connection (Highly Commended) 
Cupid.com
Drawing Down the Moon (Winner)
Elite Singles
Guardian Soulmates
Toyboy Warehouse
Venntro
Zoosk

Best Dating-Related Marketing Campaign 2016

MatureDatingUK.com
eHarmony
TrueView (Winner)

Scamalytics Safer Dating Award 2016

Elite Singles
Hope
Guardian Soulmates
TrueView (Winner)
Venntro

Best Niche Dating Brand 2016

Arrangement
Christian Connection (Winner)
Classic FM
Love and Friends
Toyboy Warehouse (Highly Commended)
Uniform Dating

Best Use Of Social Media 2016

Christian Connection
Lovestruck (Winner)
TrueView

Matchmaker Academy Best New Dating Individual 2016

Ane Auret (Winner)
David Gilbert
David Minns
Hannah Whitehead
Kate Wray
Lydia Davis

Dating Events Brand Of The Year 2016

The Inner Circle
Lovestruck
Smudged Lipstick (Winner)

Dating Ink Dating Blogger Of The Year 2016

Claudia Cox
Gaynor Evans
Lara Loveless
Naomi Lewis (Winner)
Paul Thomas Bell

Best Commercial Dating Blog 2016

Cupid.com (Winner)
Guardian Soulmates
Toyboy Warehouse

Best Dating TV Show 2016

Celebs Go Dating
Dinner Date
First Dates (Winner)
Naked Attraction
Take Me Out
The Undateables

Emma Woodley

Emma is a reporter at Global Dating Insights. Originally from Surrey, she has studied Communication and Media at Bournemouth University and The University of Central Florida. She enjoys socialising with friends, exploring new places and can often be found with her nose in a book.

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