In the UK any buisness having a radio or recorded music playing where the general public can hear it, has to pay a licence fee to the PRS (Performing Rights Society) who, in principle, distribute royalty payments to artists. There is also another licence required for the playing of recorded material from the Phonographic Reproduction Society, but I am a bit hazy about that.
The PRS are red hot on enforcing this. There was a well known case a few years ago when an inspector went into a branch of a nationwide tyre firm to get a new tyre fitted & the fitters were listening to the radio whilst working. He demanded to see their licence & they looked at him with puzzlement. The PRS then presented the tyre fitting chain with a massive bill, so they told all their branches to remove any radios from the premises.
A similar thing happened in Samual Smiths pubs when new licencing legislation came in regarding live & reconded music. They had all the entertainment systems & TVs removed from all their premises & banned all live music. Resulting in 'no instruments' signs going up at all Sam Smiths pubs at Whitby Folk Week.
That's on top of the £145 per year that we all have to fork out for just having a TV at home!
Cheers
Les