Unboxed Festival investigation finds £120m venture failed to hit audience target

01 December 2022 | Christopher Barrett | Access All Areas

The Government’s £120 million Unboxed festival failed to hit audience engagement and awareness targets according to a report by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO conducted the report on the value for money generated by the free to attend programme of events after a DCMS Committee report warned that Unboxed had […] The post Unboxed Festival investigation finds £120m venture failed to hit audience target appeared first on Access All Areas .

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