Once you receive an invoice from PPL, you can pay for your licence by one of the following methods:
Pay Online
A secure self-service ‘pay online’ portal is available via www.ppluk.com/payonline where you can pay your invoice by credit or debit card. Please have your account and invoice number ready to login to the online portal.
Electronic bank transfer/BACS
PPL’s bank details can be found on the back of your invoice. Please quote your invoice number on any BACS payment as this will enable us to process your payment more efficiently. Please allow up to five working days for your payment to reach us.
Credit/debit card
Please call PPL’s Finance team on 020 7534 1394 to pay your invoice by credit or debit card. Please quote your account and invoice number so we can process your payment more efficiently.
Please note we do not accept American Express or Diners cards.
Cheque
Make your cheque payable to PPL and send it to the following address:
Broadcasting Finance
PPL
1 Upper James Street
London
W1F 9DE
Your cheque must be accompanied by the remittance slip at the bottom of your invoice. Please allow five working days for your payment to reach us.
Direct Debit
Most PPL radio licence fees can be paid by Direct Debit. You can either set up the Direct Debit instruction at the point of purchase online for certain types of licence or, you can visit PPL’s online payment portal at www.ppluk.com/payonline alternatively, over the phone by calling 020 7534 1394. When calling us to set up a Direct Debit, we can either complete the instruction over the phone or we can send you a paper form to complete and return.
Making payment by Direct Debit means that you can pay your licence fees in equal, monthly instalments.
A key benefit of making payment of your PPL invoice(s) by Direct Debit is that your Direct Debit payment plan will apply for all of your licences, including renewals, unless you have let us know otherwise.
A PPL licence is a legal requirement if you choose to include recorded music within over-the-air or online radio broadcasts in the UK. While it is common for payment for goods or services to be spread over a period of time and either the services halted, or goods returned, if payment is not received in full, it is more typical for licences to be paid in advance. Additionally, some companies that offer a Direct Debit payment option in instalments may, unlike PPL, charge interest on payments, resulting in you paying a higher fee.
PPL Broadcast Direct Debit Terms and Conditions
- The offer applies only to the fees due under the specified licences and does not apply to any different licences.
- The licensee’s provision of Direct Debit authorisation by submission of a paper or online mandate or by telephone is an offer by the licensee to enter into the Direct Debit arrangement, which may be accepted by PPL setting up the Direct Debit arrangement. No contract is formed until PPL sets up the arrangement.
- The Direct Debit arrangement, including the timing of each payment, applies in lieu of the payment terms under the relevant licences. In all cases permission to use PPL’s repertoire will only be effective (on the terms set out in the relevant licence) once the application has been completed, the licensee has fully paid all licence fees and a receipted invoice has been issued by PPL.
- Under no circumstances will a Direct Debit arrangement alter the licence fees or any other sums actually due under the terms of the relevant licences.
- Under no circumstances will a Direct Debit arrangement alter any obligation to report or provide information under the terms of the relevant licences.
- The timing of the licensee’s Direct Debit payment shall be set out in an advanced notice letter that will be sent to the licensee prior to the first payment being collected.
- In the event of a first instance of a presentation of a Direct Debit payment failing due to insufficient funds in the customer’s account, payment will be re-presented on the next payment day date (1st, 8th, 15th or 22nd of each month) that falls at least seven working days after PPL is notified of the failure.
- The Direct Debit arrangement shall automatically terminate with immediate effect upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
- Termination of the relevant licence(s) covered by the arrangement;
- More than one presentation of a Direct Debit payment failing due to insufficient funds in the customer’s account in respect of any given invoice;
- Cancellation by the customer of Direct Debit payments while any fees remain outstanding; or
- Provision of inaccurate account details or any other act by the customer that renders the bank account or the Direct Debit payment instruction obsolete or unusable;
- PPL may, by notice, terminate the Direct Debit arrangement with immediate effect at any time following the occurrence of any of the following events:
- Infringement of the copyright of PPL in any way; or
- Breach by the licensee of any term of the relevant licences.
- Upon termination of the Direct Debit arrangement the payment terms under the terms of the relevant licences shall immediately apply. For the avoidance of doubt all issued invoices covered by the Direct Debit arrangements but which have a due date under the terms of the relevant licences that has already passed will become due for immediate payment.