Public Lending Right RSS News feedhttp://www.plr.uk.com/index.htmMonday, 20 May 2013 02:10:29 GMTMonday, 20 May 2013 02:10:29 GMTGovernment funding for PLR for the next four years announced following the Comprehensive Spending Review.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#211010Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 11:42:06 GMT25We aim to keep you up-to-date with PLR's latest news and developments with our RSS News feeds.http://www.plr.uk.com/Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010 10:06:58 GMT23The government announced on 14 October 2010 that as part of the current government-wide review intended to reduce the number and cost of arms length public bodies, the current PLR body will be abolished and the statutory responsibility for administering the PLR Scheme will be transferred to another existing publicly-funded body.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#141010Tuesday, 19 Oct 2010 11:18:50 GMT24The Registrar has recommended a Rate Per Loan of 6.25 pence to Ministers at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the February 2011 PLR payments to authors.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#081110Monday, 08 Nov 2010 11:41:03 GMT26This year's Rate Per Loan will be 6.25 pence.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#180111Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011 02:18:31 GMT29The office will close at midday on 24 December, and re-open on 4 January 2011.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htmMonday, 20 Dec 2010 11:21:01 GMT28UK children’s writers dominate PLR’s most borrowed authors list.http://www.plr.uk.com/mediaCentre/mediaReleases/mediaReleases.htmFriday, 18 Feb 2011 08:40:57 GMT30The government announced last year that the PLR office was to be abolished and responsibility for management of the PLR Scheme transferred to another public body.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#110511Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:13:03 GMT31Books must be registered by 30 June 2011 in order to be credited with loans recorded since 1 July 2010.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#060611Monday, 06 Jun 2011 04:27:55 GMT32The government announced last year that the PLR office was to be abolished and responsibility for management of the PLR Scheme transferred to another public body. The Public Bodies Bill, which will effect the transfer of responsibility, is now nearing the end of its passage through Parliament and is expected to become law in November.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#201011Thursday, 20 Oct 2011 10:00:16 GMT37The final date for receipt of PLR registration forms for the Irish PLR year 2011 is Friday 2 September at 5.00pm. Further information is available on the Irish PLR website (www.plr.ie). Please note that applications must be sent directly to the Irish PLR office.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#140711Thursday, 14 Jul 2011 02:53:16 GMT34The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is consulting on the Rate Per Loan on which the PLR payments to authors in February next year will be based.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#021111Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011 03:27:51 GMT38The office will close at midday on Friday 23 December, and re-open on Tuesday 3 January 2012.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#151211Thursday, 15 Dec 2011 12:45:47 GMT39The Public Bodies Act, which gives government Ministers the power to abolish the PLR organisation and transfer the management of the PLR Scheme to another public body, became law yesterday.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#151211aThursday, 15 Dec 2011 03:02:07 GMT40This year’s Rate Per Loan will be 6.05 pence.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#170112Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012 11:09:26 GMT41Children's writers ride high in PLR's most borrowed authors list. Thrillers and crime novels by American writers dominate the top 10 list of the most borrowed titles in UK libraries.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#030212Friday, 03 Feb 2012 09:10:29 GMT42Online applications must be submitted by midnight on 30 June to be included in the year end calculations. As 30 June falls on a Saturday, when the office is closed, postal applications must be received by no later than 2 July.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#300512Wednesday, 30 May 2012 12:10:17 GMT45A summary of the responses to the government’s consultation on the proposed abolition of the PLR body and transfer of PLR functions to another public body is published on the DCMS website today: http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#171012Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 02:48:02 GMT46This year’s Rate Per Loan for the Irish PLR Scheme will be 5.30 cent.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#071112Wednesday, 07 Nov 2012 02:50:31 GMT47The office will close at midday on Friday 21 December, and re-open on Wednesday 2 January 2013.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#101212Monday, 10 Dec 2012 01:08:50 GMT48Online Statements will be available to view on 18 January 2013 and paper statements will be posted second class on 18 January 2013. Payments will be made around 11 February 2013.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#111212Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012 12:26:32 GMT49UK PLR payments will be made between 13 and 22 February 2013.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#111212Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012 12:17:06 GMT50Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that PLR’s funding will be reduced by 1% in 2013-14 and by 2% in 2014-15.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#171212Monday, 17 Dec 2012 04:05:12 GMT51US writers smother UK rivals when it comes to bodies in the library...http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#080213Friday, 08 Feb 2013 09:24:26 GMT55This year's Rate Per Loan will be 6.20 pence.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#090113Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013 12:49:50 GMT53The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced today that the Public Lending Right body will cease to exist as a separate organisation and responsibility for managing the PLR Scheme is to be transferred to the British Library.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#270313Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 12:32:18 GMT56Online applications must be submitted by midnight on 30 June to be included in the year end calculations. As 30 June falls on a Sunday, when the office is closed, postal applications must be received by no later than 1 July.http://www.plr.uk.com/allaboutplr/news/whatsNew.htm#200513Monday, 20 May 2013 02:09:35 GMT57