Please see the below from Atalayโs Kebab Van after SODC trading officers forced them to close last night:
Notice to all customers (๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐) โค๏ธ
๐จ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, after a visit from South Oxfordshire District Council, street trading officers.
We have traded in Thame at the same spot for 32 years.
We:
- Pay the local council rent.
- Sign a trading agreement with the local council every 5 years.
- Pay all taxes when necessary.
- And pay South Oxfordshire District Council for a premises license every year.
All of a sudden they have visited us tonight to tell us that we don't have street trading consent and we should apply for it. But while it is in progress we should keep our business closed for 28 days (could be up to 60 days).
We respect the law by all means, but we need justice. From the beginning of our application we used professional solicitors and fought for 10 years of our life to get the license. We abided by the law at every point.
We don't think we have been doing anything illegal. If we were, why haven't we been told this during the last 32 years!
As a small business during the pandemic we have already suffered. We have tried our hardest to keep all our staff, we have just about managed to keep our business going after having to close for 2 months.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต (๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ!)
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ! ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ โค๏ธ
