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Pedlars send enquiries concerning incidents and problems to pedlars.info for advice and response and whilst administrators are not legally qualified their responses are intended to assist clarification of legal and other points.
References, links & videos illustrate the diversity of issues that form the day to day of pedlary so send your information and or enquiry to add to the article titles below.
update 18 Oct 2013:
In October 2013 pedlars.info was informed that “there have been staff changes in the Consumer and Competition directorate at BIS and Paul Bland has recently taken over responsibility for pedlars and street trading policy [2007 Dennison then 2009 Branton & Onikosi et al]… he seeks detailed account of difficulties experienced by pedlars and is keen to engage with the pedlar community before finalising policy details”. These articles have been extracted from archives with some details redacted and are published to inform BIS that the consultation to date has proposed no viable resolution to the many real concerns of pedlars.
 

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  1. 9 February 2011 – Scrutiny of Police National Legal Database – PNLD
  2. 13 Sept 2012 – Stevenage Council & travelling to town
  3. 11 Oct 2012 – London Olympic flag seller given criminal record
  4. 4 Jan 2013 – In the General Interest – Designations
  5. 6 Jan 2013 – BIS invite views on URN but have already made decision
  6. 1 Feb 2013 – Bulgarian & Romani Nationals self-employment status
  7. 4 Feb 2013 – Can I trade as a pedlar in London
  8. 9 February 2013 – Pedlar letter to Charles Hendry MP
  9. 15 Feb 2013 – Pedlar questions MP on Third Option
  10. 17 March 2013 – Confusion about BIS legislation proposals
  11. 13 May 2013 – Ignorant threats in Birmingham
  12. 6 June 2013 – Micro-bakery pedlary
  13. 10 June 2013 – Can a pedlar trade ice-cream
  14. 7 Aug 2013 – Back-pack coffee
  15. 9 Aug 2013 – South Ribble Council on ice-cream
  16. 19 Aug 2013 – Is my trade legal
  17. 26 Aug 2013 – Police Scotland
  18. 3 Sept 2013 – Troubles in Stoke on Trent & Rugby
  19. 4 Sept 2013 – Pedlars Certificate declined
  20. 14 Sept 2013 – Shoe-shiner pedlar
  21. 25 Sept 2013 – Vendor execution
  22. 8 October 2013 – Update on government consultation PA34
  23. 8 Oct 2013 – What can pedlars do about BIS failures
  24. 9 Oct 2013 – BIS idiocy continues
  25. 11 Oct 2013 – Police delay issuing Pedlars Certificate
  26. 21 Oct 2013 – Troubles in Leicester
  27. 2 November 2013 – unfair administration by police
  28. 7 November 2013 – pedlars alert 35
  29. 8 November 2013 – Pedlar Nicholas re PA35
  30. 12 November 2013 – Cheshire County Council Act
  31. 9 December 2013 – Stoke-on-Trent Pedlar Police & Council
  32. 16 December 2013 – Door-to-door Selling
  33. 1 Oct 2014 -Institute of Justice – Streets of Dreams
  34. 20 October 2014 – Scrutiny of Metropolitan Police & Pedlary
  35. 25 November 2015 – Oxford PSPO affects pedlary
  36. 28 January 2016 – Swindon PSPO prohibition
  37. 4 February 2016 – Sussex Police ‘fees & victuals’ issue
  38. 3 March 2016 – Oxford Summons withdrawn
  39. 5 March 2016 – Chelmsford CSO ignorance of pedlars rights
  40. 13 March 2019 – What is a Pedlar
  41. 25 April 2019 – Papers for pedlars to carry