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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11582509

Quote:
Sussex Police officers must not listen to the radio in cars or offices - unless they are alone - after the force decided not to renew its music licence.

It will save £24,000 a year, equivalent to putting one more police officer on the beat, said the chairman of the Sussex Police Federation, Bob Brown.

The money would have been paid to the Performing Rights Society (PRS), which collects money on behalf of musicians.

Mr Brown said some officers were now planning to pay for their own licence.

"Some of the officers are realistic about it, and in fact what quite a lot of them are doing is they are making their own individual applications as far as offices are concerned... so they can still have it [the radio] on in the workplace, and they will fund it themselves as individuals.

A definite waste of public money. I am surprised that more organisations do not drop music in the work place with current economic conditions. It might be nice to go into a shopping mall with no muzak.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
I've always found it strange that royalties have to be paid twice with radio.
Once by the radio station broadcasting the music and then again by people at work listening to it. :?
Author:  Linux_User [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
Amnesia10 wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11582509

Quote:
Sussex Police officers must not listen to the radio in cars or offices - unless they are alone - after the force decided not to renew its music licence.

It will save £24,000 a year, equivalent to putting one more police officer on the beat, said the chairman of the Sussex Police Federation, Bob Brown.

The money would have been paid to the Performing Rights Society (PRS), which collects money on behalf of musicians.

Mr Brown said some officers were now planning to pay for their own licence.

"Some of the officers are realistic about it, and in fact what quite a lot of them are doing is they are making their own individual applications as far as offices are concerned... so they can still have it [the radio] on in the workplace, and they will fund it themselves as individuals.

A definite waste of public money. I am surprised that more organisations do not drop music in the work place with current economic conditions. It might be nice to go into a shopping mall with no muzak.


You can't put a price on staff morale and its impact on productivity & loyalty.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
Linux_User wrote:
You can't put a price on staff morale and its impact on productivity & loyalty.

True but staff can opt to buy it themselves. If they really want it that will be their choice.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
I wish to fcuk we could get rid of our radios in here. Then again, maybe we can :twisted:
Author:  jonlumb [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
pcernie wrote:
I wish to fcuk we could get rid of our radios in here. Then again, maybe we can :twisted:


That's one of the things I love about working in a call centre, no crap on the radio.
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
That's one of the nicest aspects of our local Lidl - it's oh so very quiet.

That and the foreign foods are great.
Author:  adidan [ Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
Linux_User wrote:
You can't put a price on staff morale and its impact on productivity & loyalty.

You can, it's about £24k. :D
Author:  big_D [ Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sussex Police saves £24,000 by cancelling music licence
I've only had one job, from about 15 (plus working on about 50 client sites), where I could listen to music. I don't see why the police should pay for the licence, they are there to work not listen to music... :?
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