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Music in salons
Playing music in the salon is a big hit with clients but you could be run into trouble if you don’t have the right licence.
The Performing Rights Society (PRS) has stepped up its campaign to get more fees if you play music in your work premises.
Recent letters have asked “Are you continuing to break the law?”, with some businesses receiving a second and third letter enquiring as to the presence of music in their business premises.
The bottom line: If you provide staff or customers with the ability to listen to music, a licence is required. What if it’s your staff or customer’s own radio or music player? It is actually the premises that require the licence, not the player, so in any case you WILL need a licence.
Exception to the rule: If your staff listen to music on headphones on their own equipment, then this isn’t defined as being “performed” publicly. But in a salon environment, this scenario is of course very unlikely.
Don’t panic!
Even if a rare inspection found music being played without a licence, you would receive several invitations to apply for a licence before further action was taken.
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