Any business planning to store explosives such as fireworks,
other pyrotechnic substances and articles and small arms ammunition
are required by law to have a current explosives registration or
licence.
Generally, most small retailers will only require the premises
to be 'registered' with the local authority. This is because the
amount of stock that they store is relatively small. If you wish to
stock more than 250kg of fireworks or other types of explosives,
please contact the Licensing Service directly.
Form for explosives licence and
registration (65kb)
Guidance for retailers from CBI-Explosives
industry Group / Lacors (313kb)
Guidance for retailers from
HSE (170kb)
Guidance for retailers on Risk Assessments for
premises selling fireworks from HSE (38kb)
If you wish to sell fireworks outside the traditional periods of
5 November, Diwali, New Year or Chinese New Year, you need an
additional licence to authorise those sales. Please contact the
Licensing Service for more details.
Information for retailers selling fireworks can be found on
Businesslink website and the
HSE
website.
Retailers must display a poster stating that fireworks must not be
sold to under 18s, copies of the poster can be downloaded from the
BIS website.
For more information, please contact the Licensing Team on:
Tel 020 7332 3406
Fax 020 7332 3536
Email
Licensing@cityoflondon.gov.uk