Jan 20th, 2011
by Maria Guida.
Music to my Ears – Playing Music in the Workplace
Confused about what type of licence you need to play music in your shop, office, factory or other work place, not to mention restaurants and bars? You’re not alone. Here, we explain when it is necessary to obtain (and pay for) a licence from the Performing Rights Society (PRS for Music) and Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).
Many bars, restaurants and retail stores play recorded music as part of the theme of the premises or as an attempt to create a specific atmosphere and ambience for their customers. Some offices and many factories and workshops, allow the use of radios or background music for their staff to listen to while they work.
Jan 15th, 2010
by Maria Guida.
Is this the end of the Happy Hour, as we know it?
According to a Report published by a cross-party Health Committee, on 8 January 2010, the U.K. Government should introduce minimum prices on alcoholic drinks, independent and tighter regulation of promotions, a rise in taxes on spirits, and mandatory health warnings on labels.
The Home Affairs Select Committee wants to end cheap drinks promotions thought to encourage binge-drinking.
It criticises Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s administration for being too sympathetic to supermarkets and drink producers and not paying enough attention to doctors. The report says that the Government is guilty of a “failure of will and competence” over alcohol policy.
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Sobering Thoughts…Should There be Minimum Pricing on Alcohol?
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Jan 6th, 2010
by Maria Guida.
Live music.. coming soon to a pub near you (hopefully).
We now have a minor step forward for licensing and live music. The current licensing laws mean that most, if not all, solo and duo performances have to be licensed under the Licensing Act as “regulated entertainment.” This means that many small pubs have been forced to put an end to any form of live music. That means no open mike nights, no piano in the pub on a Sunday and no sing alongs.
