MLCMusic Licence
Consulting
No savings, no fee

Stop overpaying for your business music licence.

MLC audits your PPL PRS “TheMusicLicence” invoices, finds billing errors, and negotiates you down — you only pay if we save you money.

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No savings, no fee. Independent — not affiliated with any licensing body.

AlsoNew to music licensing? We handle the complete PPL PRS procurement process for new clients.
Audit summaryRestaurant group · 12 sites
Before£23,400
→
After MLC£18,950
Non-public areas removed from audible area−£1,860
Usage reclassified to background music−£1,540
Historic surcharge corrected−£1,050
Annual saving£4,450 · ↓19%
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The problem

Most businesses are on the wrong tariff.

TheMusicLicence is priced on premises size, usage type, speaker counts and more. Small errors — an outdated floorplan, a misclassified usage category — quietly add hundreds or thousands to your bill every year. The licensing body won't proactively fix this for you.

01

Charged for non-public spaces

Storerooms and staff-only areas accidentally included in your “audible area”.

02

Wrong usage category

Billed as live entertainment when only background music is actually used.

03

Never re-assessed

Licences left untouched after refits, downsizing or changes in music usage.

04

Historic surcharges

Surcharges for past unlicensed periods still carried forward incorrectly.

How it works

Three steps. No cost unless we save you money.

01

Send us your invoice

Upload your latest PPL PRS / TheMusicLicence invoice and a short description of how you use music in your business.

02

We run the audit

We check your tariff, floor area and usage against the licensing rules to find overcharges and cheaper compliant options.

03

You keep the difference

If we find savings, we help implement the changes. You pay 20% of the money we actually save you — nothing if we find nothing.

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Results

What an audit typically finds.

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Restaurant group · 8 sites
Before audit £14,320£10,180 / yr
£4,140 saved · ↓29%
Dealerships · 15 showrooms
Before audit £22,600£17,850 / yr
£4,750 saved · ↓21%
Gym chain · 6 sites
Before audit £9,840£7,660 / yr
£2,180 saved · ↓22%
Savings estimator

How much could you be overpaying?

Move the slider to your current annual music-licence spend for an indicative range of what an audit might recover. It's an estimate, not a quote — the real number comes from your invoices.

£8,000
£500£60,000+
Indicative annual saving£960 – £2,240

If we find savings, you keep them — we charge 20% of what we actually recover. If we find nothing, it costs you nothing.

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New licences

Setting up a new licence? We handle it end to end.

Opening new sites or licensing music for the first time? We manage the complete PPL PRS procurement process on your behalf — so your licence is right from day one, not something you have to fix later.

✓

Get ahead of it. PPL PRS can add a first-year surcharge — up to 50% on some PRS for Music tariffs — where music was already being used without a licence. Arranging your licence proactively means you're simply never in that position.

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Time

We deal with the licensing body, the forms and the follow-ups — you stay focused on opening and running your sites.

Money

We make sure you’re quoted on the right tariffs from the start, so you never inherit years of avoidable overcharges.

Accuracy

Floor areas, usage categories and site details recorded correctly — a compliant licence that reflects how you actually use music.

Who we help

Designed for multi-site, music-using businesses.

We specialise in businesses where music is part of the experience and licence spend adds up quickly.

Restaurant & bar groupsMulti-site venues with background and occasional live music.
Hotels & hospitality venuesPublic areas, function rooms and guest spaces.
Automotive showroomsDealership networks with showroom and workshop audio.
Furniture & homeware storesBig-box retail with large floor areas.
Gyms, salons & leisureClass studios, gym floors and treatment rooms.
Offices & co-workingWorkplace music for staff across multiple floors.
About MLC

About the founder.

Music Licence Consulting (MLC) was founded by Matt Mayo, a UK-based consultant specialising in business music licensing and cost optimisation. Matt previously worked in a corporate licensing role within the UK's music licensing system, gaining first-hand experience of how business music licences such as TheMusicLicence are assessed, priced and managed for major hospitality, automotive and retail brands.

That knowledge of tariffs, processes and common billing pitfalls is now used exclusively to help businesses understand their options, correct mistakes and reduce unnecessary spend on music licences while staying compliant.

MLC is an independent consultancy. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of PPL PRS Ltd, PRS for Music or PPL. “TheMusicLicence” is a registered trademark of its respective owner.

Matt Mayo, founder of Music Licence Consulting
Matt Mayo · Founder
FAQ

Questions we get a lot.

Yes. You are entitled to have an independent expert review your licence costs and request corrections or alternative options on your behalf.

Find out if you're overpaying — for free.

Upload your invoices. We'll tell you whether there's money to recover. If there isn't, it costs you nothing.

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