ig Issue vendors across England and Wales will return to the streets on Monday to sell the magazine for the first time since the third national lockdown.
Around 1,400 vendors will resume selling the magazine to the public in person for the first time in 22 weeks as restrictions caused by the coronavirus crisis continue to ease.
Measures have been taken to make sure vendors and customers are safe, including the provision of extensive personal protective equipment, contactless card payment, and stringent health and safety procedures in all distribution offices.
We are full of pride and hope that, after over 22 weeks of being in lockdown, our vendors are back out there, able to reconnect with their local communities and earn a legitimate income once again
Lord John Bird founder of the Big Issue, marked the return by meeting with five London-based vendors at St-Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square where the first-ever edition of the magazine was officially launched nearly 30 years ago.
Lord Bird said: “We are full of pride and hope that, after over 22 weeks of being in…
