Cardiff’s council has spent thousands of pounds sending staff to France for a property fair, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

Wales Online report:

Cardiff council has spent £35,000 in two years on sending staff to the French Riviera to showcase the capital at the world’s biggest property fair.

In March, five staff from the council’s economic development team were sent to MIPIM 2013 in Cannes.

The five-day trip cost the council £15,782, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.