Garage owners urged to let TV Licensing know if they don’t require a license

Fewer than one in five workshops need a TV licence for work

Garage owners urged to let TV Licensing know if they don’t require a license
New research from TV Licensing has revealed some businesses are ‘too busy for TV’ so don’t require a TV licence. Image: Bigstock.

TV Licensing is requesting business to “get in touch” if they don’t need a licence after research found that car retailers and mechanics “don’t have time to watch TV” during breaks.

Businesses must be covered by a TV licence if staff watch or record live TV, or watch or download BBC programmes on iPlayer, on equipment supplied by the business.

Without a valid licence, businesses are breaking the law, and run the risk of a court prosecution and fine of up to £1,000.

Car retailers and garages are the least likely to require a licence with fewer than one in five requiring a licence.

Explaining why they don’t have TVs, more than 70 per cent of Car Retailers and Mechanics say they simply have no need.

Jason Hill, TV Licensing spokesman said: “If businesses don’t need a licence and let us know, we can stop sending them letters for around three years, after which we’ll just get on touch to check the position is still the same.

“But it’s important businesses know when a licence is needed as our enquiry officers do visit unlicensed business addresses.”

For further information about TV Licensing requirements, call the TV Licensing businesses team on 0300 790 6131 or click ‘more details’ below for a TV in the workplace guide.

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