Web boss puts herself up for sale

AN internet entrepreneur is auctioning herself as a wife, with a £250,000 reserve price. Kay Hammond, 24, from Birmingham said she wanted to push the boundaries of the internet with the EBay sale.

She said she had sacrificed her private life building up her business. The auction ends on Christmas Eve.

Bidders have to be aged between 24 and 35, be UK citizens and be able to meet basic health requirements. Hammond said: 'One of the few things I haven't yet done in my life is get married. With the high reserve price, I expect the people who'll be bidding will be from the business world.'

The money would be put into her personal account and she says she'd want to sign a pre-nuptial agreement before going through with the marriage.

Hammond, managing director of TAMBA Internet, added: 'There have got to be similar people to me who work long hours and have sacrificed their personal life making a success of their professional life.'

Hammond had attracted 14 bids by mid-afternoon, half of them from a professional online auctioneer who says he's already married.