In December 1990 Mrs. Stephanie Chandler made the news, with her attempt to get the business rate for Corsley Sub-Post Office reduced. Mrs. Chandler, who rented her home from the Longleat Estate, said the Post Office and Shop was open five mornings a week, but in an effort to lessen the rate she was paying (£400) she had stopped selling grocery items during the previous two months. The District Valuer, Mr. D. Farris, was quoted in the press as saying: “If the size of the shop is reduced, the business rate will be reduced and back-dated to when the alterations were made.”