“ Absolutely disgraceful. The greedy powers that be seem to be making money any way they can. Not only is this a service to the consumer but it helps local businesses too. When our card machine goes down (which it does every now and then) customers need to nip out and get cash so they can pay for their shopping. Otherwise - we lose sales and the customer resorts to online shopping. A huge bill like this can break a small business. I hope they fight it. Business rates are for the square footage no? This hasn’t changed their square footage. ”