Sacha Lord

“This is an emergency": industry figures unite to call for VAT reduction

30-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

MasterChef winner Simon Wood and Sacha Lord, Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, have joined a host of Manchester chefs and operators calling for a cut in VAT to 10% for the hospitality sector.

Sacha Lord vows to help operators battle energy company commission scandal

26-May-2023 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord has said he is finalising a plan to help hospitality businesses recover hidden commissions paid to brokers by energy companies.

Sacha Lord demands urgent inquiry as 2,000 small businesses fail to receive appropriate energy discounts

23-Jan-2023 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord, the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, has called for an urgent inquiry into evidence of withheld energy support for struggling hospitality businesses.

Energy support for businesses could be halved

03-Jan-2023 By Restaurant

The financial support on energy bills for businesses could be halved this year under new Government plans to cut costs to the Treasury.

Operators 'in deeper trouble now than during pandemic' as utility bills triple

09-Aug-2022 By James McAllister

Pubs, restaurants and bars are seeing outgoings triple, and are in deeper trouble now than during the pandemic, one of the UK's Night Time Economy Advisors has said

Sacha Lord: 'We must work internally to aid staff retention'

30-Jun-2022 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, has called on operators to commit to paying the living wage, saying the sector must 'work internally to aid staff retention'.

Calls for VAT reduction on business energy bills as inflation hits 40-year high

19-May-2022 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, has called on the Government to implement a temporary reduction in VAT on business energy bills in the face of rocketing inflation.

Sacha Lord warns night-time economy faces 'new period of darkness'

14-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor, Sacha Lord, has warned that the UK's nightlife industry faces a 'new period of darkness' amid the cost of living crisis.

Sacha Lord launches campaign to stop planned VAT rise

10-Dec-2021 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord has launched a campaign to try and stop the Government's plan to return VAT for hospitality to its pre-pandemic rate of 20% next year.

High Court challenge to the Government's delay to reopening indoor hospitality fails

04-May-2021 By Restaurant

A High Court challenge to the Government's decision to delay the reopening of indoor hospitality until 17 May has failed.

Sacha Lord calls for fair tipping policy amid warning of a post-Covid decline in gratuities

15-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor Sacha Lord is calling for an industry-wide fair tipping policy amid warnings of a post-Covid decline in customers leaving gratuities.

Matt Hancock summoned to High Court to explain delayed hospitality reopening

06-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has until 10am this morning (Tuesday 6 April) to respond to a High Court legal challenge against the decision not to allow hospitality to reopen for indoor service until five weeks after non-essential retail.

Sacha Lord legal challenge against delayed hospitality reopening date heads to High Court

18-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Sacha Lord is taking his legal challenge against the Government's decision not to allow hospitality to reopen for indoor service until five weeks after non-essential retail to the High Court.

Hugh Osmond joins legal challenge against delayed hospitality reopening date

15-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality entrepreneur Hugh Osmond has joined an ongoing legal challenge against the Government's decision to not allow hospitality to reopen for indoor service until five weeks after non-essential retail unlocks.

Sacha Lord to challenge hospitality reopening date

01-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor Sacha Lord is to challenge the Government's decision to not allow hospitality to reopen for indoor service until five weeks after non-essential retail unlocks.