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If you’re single and looking, we’ve found the perfect event for you – and it’s happening just after Valentine’s day, so you don’t have to worry about any awkward dates as other lovebirds embark on some serious PDA around you.

TaxiApp UK and Date in a Dash, a London-based speed dating company, have partnered to introduce a new event which will see speed daters get to know each other in six minute sessions in the back of a black cab.

Black cab drivers have teamed up with one of London’s most popular speed dating companies to create the quick and easy dating event in convoy. It’ll see serial daters speed dating in the back of a black cab, while being driven around the most romantic roads in London, as chosen by a sample of 22,000 drivers.



The taxis will stop every six minutes along the way for couples to switch around and meet a new date.


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But unfortunately, you can’t throw anyone out of a moving car – so if you really don’t get on with your date, you’ll have to try get through the six minutes by focusing on the radio.

Creator of TaxiApp UK, Sean Paul Day, who hopes the event will help reinstall a sense of pride in the black cab industry, said: ‘We’re really looking forward to it. We take couples on dates every day, so we know all the best spots – it will be great to demonstrate our knowledge for the evening and be part of something a bit different!’

The dating event will begin and end at Chelsea Gardens, taking daters along London’s most romantic roads, including Albert Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and The Embankment.

Date in a Dash event organiser, Robert Ryall, will host the evening. He said: ‘In my experience the most successful speed dating events are those which offer something a little different. I’ve always wanted to host a mobile event so it’s great working with TAXIAPP to pull it off.’

The event will begin at JuJu, Chelsea Gardens, 7pm, Friday 16th February. If you fancy getting to know someone in the back of a taxi, you can sign up for the event here.

Happy dating!

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