“The director of a leading independent Fringe venue accused Edinburgh City Council yesterday of ‘pure greed’ in crippling small Festival operators with a huge rise in theatre licence fees. Julian Caddy, co-director of Sweet Entertainments, a rising player on the Fringe, said fees had risen a staggering 800 per cent in the past three years. His broadside against the ‘madness’ of the charges was backed by several other venue operators….”