Hawker trays ?

[ben0727945311]

Saw this on the apprentice i watched today, and was wondering if they have to like register anywhere or pay a fee to sell their stuff or can anybody just rock up with a tray sell anywhere they want ?

 

[poundcoin]

Not had enough posts to use a link but this is an abridged version to get a street traders licence from our local council :

Street trading is the sale or offer for sale of articles in a street within a designated area. If you are considering selling articles or services in the street, you should check with the Council to establish whether or not permission is required, or whether street trading is prohibited.

Street trading is controlled under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

A council may designate any street in its area as a prohibited street, a consent street or a licence street.
This means that a consent or licence is required in order to trade in a consent/licence street. Trading in a prohibited street is forbidden.

The licensing authority has designated a number of streets as either prohibited streets or consent/licence streets. Details of the designations and local information for the three delivery areas can be downloaded by .

Street trading means the selling or exposing or offering for sale of any article (including a living thing) in a street.

Street includes any road, footway, beach or other area to which the public have access without payment and a service area as defined in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980 and also includes any part of a street.

Exemptions

Pedlars - Pedlars operate under the Pedlars Act 1871 and must obtain a pedlars certificate from the Police. Pedlars are people who sell from place to place and cannot sell from a fixed pitch; they must move around and not wait for customers to come to them, they cannot stand in any one place for a considerable time nor can they exhort those passing, to buy their goods. Pedlars can carry their goods and can use a wheeled trolley to transport them.

Hair braiding, face painting, henna tattoos etc. - The Act which governs street trading relates to the selling of articles and as such people who provide a service e.g. hair braiders, are not considered by the council to be trading for the purposes of the legislation. However, if quantities of accessories used in hair braiding are also offered for sale then this would be street trading and may require a street trading consent/licence.
Persons providing services in the street should take care not to cause any nuisance or obstruction as this could result in the Police or another authority taking action.

News vendors/selling periodicals e.g. Big Issue - Selling or offering for sale newspapers or periodicals either with or without a stall does not require any consent or licence, however if the stall stands on the carriageway of a street, it must be less than 1 metre in length and width, less than 2 metres high and occupy less than 0.25 square metres of ground. Stalls larger than this may require consent or a licence.

Roundsman - Selling, offering or exposing for sale things as a roundsman does not require a consent/licence to trade.

Charity stalls - Street trading consent/licence is not required but they will require a street collection permit authorised by Regulations made under the Police, Factories etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916.

Markets/fairs – Street trading consent/licence is not required for trading at market or fairs which are established by virtue of a grant, enactment or order.
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Applying for a Consent/Licence

Please complete an application form and submit it to the local licensing office.
Fees are payable depending on the area you wish to trade in.The application should include the relevant fee and two passport photographs of the applicant.
Please note applicants must be aged 17 years or over.
We will then consult various persons including the Police, Highway Authority and relevant Parish/Town Council.
When considering your application the Council will have regard to any comments that have been received as part of the consultation process .Should objections be received in relation to your application you will be notified accordingly.


The application process may take up to eight weeks. Tacit consent applies to street trading applications which means that if you do not hear from the council after eight weeks, you can assume that the application is granted. Please note however that you must be in possession of a licence before you begin trading. Licences are issued in advance of the first day of trading. there isn't enough space in the street you wish to trade in, without causing interference or inconvenience to street users

• you wish to trade for less days than any minimum required trading days
• you are unsuitable to hold a licence do to any previous convictions or for other reasons
• you have previously failed to pay fees due under another street trading licence or have failed to use a previous street trading licence

Applicants granted permission will be issued a consent or licence to trade which will be subject to conditions which must be complied with at all times. Breaches of condition may result in prosecution and / or revocation of a licence.

 

[poundcoin]

Actually if you are just wandering around with a tray then you are essentially a "pedlar" and need to apply to your local police for a licence rather than the council . There are certain conditions applying to how pedlars trade .

Just googling "pedlars" and they seem to have their web-site its pedlars dot info and that has its own limited forum .

 

[ben0727945311]

There seems to be loophole with newspapers ? if a person was to have a hawker tray only selling newspapers then would that not need a license ?

 

[poundcoin]

There seems to be loophole with newspapers ? if a person was to have a hawker tray only selling newspapers then would that not need a license ?

Haven't got a clue , apart from what it says in my initial reply but that is just my local council .
Check with your local council it may have different by-laws

....but of all the things to try and vend from a tray , newspapers sound the worst option to me .
Value is low , profit minimal and a load of paper is seriously heavy ! (Especially wet paper ! )

 

[ben0727945311]

What would you guys recommend for selling in hawker trays then that could lead to potential profit ?

 

[poundcoin]

Did you watch that video on that pedlars.info site ?

Also here in two parts :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaZO1JVRsSc

OK most of it is to do with the boring legal stuff but you can see what some are selling .
The film-maker sells the Worlds Smallest Kite for £3 a time ( bet it doesn't cost much more than a pound ! ) which seems to come in its own ready made vending tray and one of the other guys sells some sort of helicopter balloon thing .
There are "silk" scarf / pashmina sellers too but it seems that you need something novelty-wise that appeals to kids .
Something bright , attractive and colourful and maybe something you can demonstrate such as a diablo .

Guess it depends on the area you will be selling in...... best to go to a touristy site and see whats going on....on the otherhand if you are trying to appeal to punters outside stadium events then maybe pakamacs ?

Must be hundreds of things you could try and maybe its worth going to a local cash/carry that supplies toys,novelties and see what the current craze is .

Years ago I remember one old crusty bearded guy used to randomly appear and buy a pack of 20 ordinary pencils from my shop for £1 and then would go out in the street ,split it up and get a pound for each pencil !
May have mumbled something about being an "old soldier" but he would buy a couple of packs a day .