News and events

• Winners announced for 2013 Parliamentary Jazz Awards

  8 May 2013

  The House of Commons played host to the ninth PPL sponsored Parliamentary Jazz Awards on the evening of Wednesday 8 May which was attended by a record number of MPs and peers, showing a cross-party love of jazz. The UK jazz awards were hosted by broadcaster Moira Stuart OBE …
• Alison Balsom to be awarded the Classical Award at this year’s Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards

  2 May 2013

  Nordoff Robbins have today announced that the award-winning classical trumpeter Alison Balsom is to receive the PPL Classical Award at this year’s Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards.
• Longlist for Scottish Album of the Year Award announced

  25 April 2013

  The Scottish Music Industry Association [SMIA] is delighted to announce the longlist of twenty albums for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award. The albums on the list represent a dazzling range of genres and musical styles highlighting, once again, the extraordinary depth of talent being produced in Scotland …
• PPL reveals its exclusive 2012 most played People’s Pop Chart

  15 April 2013

  PPL today exclusively reveals the top ten most played pop songs of 2012.
• PPL grows total licence fee income in 2012 by 11% to £170.8 million

  15 April 2013

  PPL has today announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2012.
• Winners announced for Music Week Awards 2013

  12 April 2013

  PPL sponsored the categories of Radio Station and Radio Show.