Families who travelled for hours to a Christmas fair only to be told they couldn’t enter because it had been hired out for an office party.

Arm Holdings, a tech company worth more than £100 billion, booked out Cambridge Christmas market – which is normally free and open to the public – for eight hours on Saturday, one of its busiest days in the season.

The firm is understood to have paid at least £175,000 to host a luxury private party at the venue.

The bash included exclusive access to the whole site – which includes an ice rink, Ferris wheel and alpine bar – as well as goody bags and extra entertainment including carol singers and a juggling elf.

Kent-based solicitor Craig Duncan, who drove his wife two hours to the venue only to be turned away, told The Times they were met with a hu

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