“Better Bankside
has made a great
contribution to rooting
our business more
deeply in Southwark
and all that goes on
in this vibrant area. That’s why we support Better Bankside.”
Pauline Stockmans,
Allies & Morrison
Illegal Trading
Illegal trading describes individuals, groups of individuals or businesses who trade in public places without a licence and other consent from the local authority.
Illegal trading includes the erection of signs or stalls for the sale of goods along the public highway.
'Fly traders' or people selling goods on the streets without a licence create obstructions for pedestrians and are also unfair competition to legitimate traders and businesses. If caught illegal traders risk prosecution, a fine of £1000 and loss of all their goods.
In the BID illegal trading is mainly, but not exclusively, confined to the spaces along the riverside, between Blackfriars Bridge and Southwark Bridge and include peanut vendors, hot dog sellers and ice cream vans as well as those who sell other artifacts, such bird whistles, and those running gambling scams.
Better Bankside Rangers will always approach an illegal trader and ask them to stop trading and to move on and will report each incident to the Council's Enforcement Team and to the police if the illegal trading persists despite warnings.
Report an incident to the Rangers
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