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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Rising accommodation costs are grim reaper for festivals says fringe boss | History Defined

A “strategic approach” to dealing with rising accommodation costs in Edinburgh is needed, the boss of the world famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe has insisted, branding soaring bills in the capital as being the “grim reaper”.

Shona McCarthy, the chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, complained about the “dreaded rising cost of accommodation in Edinburgh”.

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