A “strategic approach” to dealing with rising accommodation costs in Edinburgh is needed, the boss of the 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”.
She spoke out as she told MPs on Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee that artists and venues involved with the Fringe were still suffering financially as a result of the pandemic.
