The owners of Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe, which has had its future threatened following noise complaints from one local resident, have officially responded to the Statutory Nuisance Abatement Notice via a statement on Facebook.
Failure to comply with the notice could result in a prison sentence or hefty fine, and the owners have confirmed they are ‘doing everything they possibly can to resolve the issue’.
“Again this will cost us a significant amount of money and we have in the past spent tens of thousands sound proofing the venue,” the statement reads.
“We are not here to launch a hate campaign on any individual or Manchester City Council, we simply want to be allowed to continue to put on exciting events in the best way possible and will always cooperate regarding any issues we may cause in doing so.”
The reports caught the attention of musicians such as Johnny Marr, Tim Burgess and Frank Turner – the latter of whom pointed his Twitter followers towards an online petition which is urging Manchester council to drop the notice. At the time of writing, that petition has over 50,000 signatures.