I reckon Sam Smiths are cutting their own throats here,
why can't they just buy the PRS Licence, for the music pubs in the chain, such as Nellies, Blacksmiths at Farlington etc?
Someone mentioned it works out at about £7 a week, in pubs like Nellies etc, it would pay for itself many times over, if all the drinkers from the music nights, go elsewere it will lose them thousands over the year.