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Parklife boss Sacha Lord resigns as Manchester nightlife advisor and ordered to pay back £400k government COVID loan
Parklife boss Sacha Lord has resigned from his position as Manchester nightlife advisor and has been ordered to pay back £400k to the government.Lord – the former Parklife and Warehouse Project boss – stepped down from his role as the Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester last night (January 28), having been appointed by Mayor Andy Burnham back in 2018.According to Manchester Evening News, following his resignation, the Arts Council withdrew £401,928 in a COVID grant that was awarded to Primary Event Solutions – a company owned by Lord – and is seeking the money back. Their decision to pull the grant following a review came at the same time that Lord had announced his departure from his role.A post shared by Sacha Lord (@sacha_lord)Primary Event Solutions had received the grant from the Culture Recovery Fund, administered by the Arts Council during the pandemic.