TRANSPORT bosses in London are all in a fluster over their famous sign – the barred roundel – being used to tempt people to get a taste of the capital in the Yorkshire Dales.

Nick Osborn has been rapped for using it to lure people into his Skipton Pie and Mash Shop, off Skipton canal basin... more than 200 miles from the Big Smoke!

London Mayor Boris Johnson’s outfit demands he removes his PIE STOP sign because it infringes their intellectual property.

Nick, a born Londoner, brought the traditional taste of his home city to Skipton about four years ago, and the distinctive sign has been up ever since.

Now, Simon Faircliff, of Transport for London (TfL), has told him in a letter: “The TfL roundel is, in fact, a registered trademark and, as such, should not be used without the permission of TfL.”

TfL was alerted to the sign when they received a photograph of Nick’s shop.

“I couldn’t believe it when I got the letter. I think the people who sent the photograph were being vindictive,” said Nick.

“I’m amazed Transport for London could be bothered with a pie shop tucked away in the north. I don’t think we’re going to see any London buses stopping here, or are they to run tubes to Skipton?!”

“They’re being petty. I would think they’d have seen the positive side of it,” added Nick, who received the letter dated November 3 demanding he remove the sign... by 5pm on September 14, 2015!