An Olympian turned businesswoman was hit with a £30,000 bill and given 14 days to pay up after the council told her that her business rates had nearly doubled during lockdown.
Sarah Lindsay owns the Roar Fitness gym chain which has branches in Liverpool Street, Bank and Kensington, with clients including model Daisy Lowe, fashion designers Charlotte Olympia and Henry Holland, and TV stars Christine Lampard and настроить гитару Vogue Williams.
This month she was forced to pay out nearly £30,000 or face court proceedings by the City of London council after the business rates on her building were raised by some £71,000.
The former Olympian told MailOnline that although she could afford to pay the bill, the sum could have destroyed a smaller firm.
The Federation of Small Businesses said small firms have been hit with huge taxes 'at a time when they are under the cosh more than ever,' adding: 'We must support small firms if we are ever to see a recovery for the national economy.'
Sarah Lindsay was forced to pay out nearly £30,000 or face court proceedings after the business rate on her building was raised by some £71,000
Sarah Lindsay owns the Roar Fitness gym chain which has branches in Liverpool Street, Bank and Kensington