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Last published 24 Oct 2026 — the TableSpark team, London
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August 2026

2026-08 12 entries
FIG. 350 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Martyn’s Law for UK restaurants: capacity, procedures and a pre-commencement checklist

A busy Saturday can put more than 200 people inside a restaurant that has never counted, leaving the owner exposed to a future duty or to spending nobody asked for.

FIG. 351 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Food hygiene rating out of date on your website: the FSA register check and fix

A new inspection changes the official record while your website still quotes the old rating. Any guest can check that mismatch in seconds, on the phone in their hand.

FIG. 352 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Restaurant cancellation terms on mobile: a CMA prominence check that prevents disputes

Your deposit and cancellation terms may exist and still never reach the guest booking on a phone. That gap turns a routine cancellation into an argument.

FIG. 353 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-06

Restaurant contact form not working: the send-to-receipt test for lost enquiries

A guest can see a success message after sending a restaurant enquiry while nothing reaches the owner, so private-dining and group business quietly disappears.

FIG. 354 Rules and compliance
Rules and compliance 2026-08-06

Restaurant food recall customer notice UK: pull the dish, publish the notice

A recall alert can name a product already prepped into tonight’s dishes. Stopping sale is only half the job, and the customer notice has its own content and channel rules.

FIG. 355 Cost and comparison
Cost and comparison 2026-08-05

WooCommerce Restaurant Booking Cost UK: Price the Full Stack

A booking extension can look inexpensive until hosting, deposits, updates and restaurant operations turn one licence into a stack of bills and owners.

FIG. 356 Cost and comparison
Cost and comparison 2026-08-05

Shopify Restaurant Online Ordering Cost UK: The Full 2026 Price

A low software headline can hide a longer billing commitment, recurring transaction charges and location costs, leaving a restaurant’s launch budget incomplete.

FIG. 357 Guest data and privacy
Guest data and privacy 2026-08-05

Restaurant Website Cookie Consent UK: The 2026 Pre-Publish Check

A restaurant can add one booking embed or advertising pixel and start non-essential tracking before a guest has chosen, leaving banner and behaviour out of step.

FIG. 358 Running the site
Running the site 2026-08-05

Restaurant website analytics: track calls, directions and booking clicks

Page views can rise while a restaurant’s call, map and reservation routes fail. A weekly action check exposes faults before traffic totals hide them.

FIG. 359 Building the website
Building the website 2026-08-05

Restaurant Website Accessibility: What the 2026 Code Means

An image-only menu can block text resizing and text-to-speech, leaving guests unable to read key details and restaurants exposed to avoidable service risk.

FIG. 360 Menus and allergens
Menus and allergens 2026-08-05

Restaurant allergen information online: the two-stage UK check

A guest can reach checkout without clear allergen information, then receive a different answer with the order. Build one reliable two-stage check.

FIG. 361 Building the website
Building the website 2026-08-05

Restaurant Events Page Checklist: Publish, Check and Expire

A new restaurant event can miss the guest journey while an expired one still looks bookable. Use a dated publish, guest-view and expiry check.

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