That is weird. In Germany I don't even pay for SEPA at all (Not that I noticed). Anywhere in the EU it is the same as doing an in Country transfer (free). Probably dependent on the bank,
but that is really unfair what is going on in the UK.
Yeah well many things in the UK don't work as they should thanks to them guys in the ''City''. There needs to be a work around found for this, we need to get more of their bonus' / bailouts into BTC they don't wanna use.