Coffee van owners' stunned after they are ordered to stop trading in popular community hotspot

Two independent coffee businesses are petitioning to continue running in a popular community hotspot- after Bury Council asked them to cease trading in an area of Tottington.

Small businesses Little Leopard Coffee and Love, Love Me Brew occupy a spot on South Royd Street at the weekends. Love, Love Me Brew operates in a vintage horse box on a Saturday and Little Leopard operates in a vintage caravan on a Sunday.

Both coffee vans have street trading licenses but last week, Bury Council contacted them to order them to cease trading in the area with immediate effect, which the van owners' claim was due to a complaint over noise. However, in a statement the council has said the vans need to 'ask for permission' to trade on the land.

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But losing the popular beauty spot will be financially detrimental for both coffee businesses, who rely on loyal customers and visitors of the Kirklees Trail to keep going. And Amy Wilson, founder of The Little Leopard Coffee, said she was incredibly disappointed at the news.

The 31-year-old said: "The Little Leopard Coffee is quite a new business - we only opened in November. We share this spot on a bus turnaround on the Tottington lines with Love, Love Me Brew. We travel around regularly and we do events, but we try to keep this location as a regular spot. Since we opened, we have had no problems with customers or locations or anything like that.

"But now the Council has told us to cease trading. There was supposedly a complaint made in regards to noise and how busy the area is now.

"The council is looking into it, and we have tried to get permission from them to operate there. But they are not