UK venues criticise PPL tariff increase

Venue operator DHP Family calls the SFE tariff increase, from 3.9p to 9p per person per hour by 2023, "a slap in the face" for grassroots clubs

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British copyright collection society PPL has released details of its new specially featured entertainment (SFE) tariff, which will see UK businesses that play recorded music faced with a significant increase in fees.

The SFE tariff – the new version of which comes into force on 1 July 2019 – relates to the playing of recorded music in public at events such as DJ and club nights, and applies to venues, nightclubs, pubs, bars, cafés, restaurants and hotels.

While PPL says the current tariff,…

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