Council U-turn on 'ridiculous' venue booking fee hike View 2 Images

Council chiefs have conducted a U-turn after increasing the charges for community groups and charities to hire a council venue for just one evening from £200 to £1,500 - after intervention from a local councillor and Bristol Live .

Bristol City Council brought in a corporate and wedding venue management company to take over several of the publicly-owned event spaces, including the M-Shed, City Hall itself and the Create Centre at the Cumberland Basin. Bristol Live reported that local charities and groups , like the Bristol Naturalists’ Society, were told that hiring the Create Centre for its monthly meeting would now cost £25 per person, plus VAT, instead of an hourly booking fee - which hiked the cost of their re

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