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FIG. 02 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-23

Restaurant Payroll: Hours, Holiday Pay, Tips and HMRC

A payroll built on hours nobody can prove risks underpaid staff, a late HMRC filing and a public naming. Here is the 2026/27 UK rulebook and one month costed line by line.

FIG. 03 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-21

Restaurant Food Waste: The Rules, the Bins and the Cost

Food scraped into the general bin risks a refused collection, a compliance notice and a bill for food already paid for. Here is what each UK nation requires and what waste really costs.

FIG. 04 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-19

Restaurant Sales Report: The Numbers to Read Each Day

Your till, booking tool, card payout and delivery app each report a different Saturday, and food and labour costs can drift for weeks unseen. Here is what to read each day and each week.

FIG. 05 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-17

Restaurant Tips Policy: Tronc, Tips Act and Records

Card tips, a cash jar and a service charge with no hours behind the split is a tribunal risk. Here is the UK law, the tronc question and a worked 12-person month.

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Running the site 2026-10-16

Restaurant Table Management: Floor Plans and Turns

A full book can still lose covers: seats stay empty and walk-ins are turned away. Here is how table inventory, turn times and a live floor plan cut the cost, with the arithmetic.

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Running the site 2026-10-11

Choose a Kitchen Display System in the UK

Mains landing with the starters, an allergy flag lost on a docket, and a bill that grows with every screen. Here is what a UK kitchen display costs and when a printer is still enough.

FIG. 08 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-11

Choose Restaurant Inventory Software in the UK

A supplier raises a price, a kilo goes in the bin, and the dish still sells at last year's price. Here is how a UK independent can find the lost margin, and what stock software really costs.

FIG. 09 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-10

Choose Restaurant Rota Software in the UK

A WhatsApp rota loses shifts and records, and a per-user rota app charges more with every hire. Here is what the law asks a UK rota to record and what each route costs at 5, 10, 20 and 30 staff.

FIG. 10 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-05

See Who Visits Your Restaurant Website

A menu page nobody reaches sends no complaint, so the problem stays invisible for months. Visitor numbers, sources and top pages show where guests actually go.

FIG. 11 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-05

Buy a Domain Name for Your Restaurant

A menu link on an address the restaurant does not control is a quiet risk. On Growth, buying its own name takes a search, an owner form and a card payment, with no DNS.

FIG. 12 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-05

How to Take Table Orders on a Phone or Tablet

A handwritten order can miss a required choice, lose a kitchen note or sell a dish that has run out. Ring it at the table on the screen that holds its bill.

FIG. 13 Running the site
Running the site 2026-10-03

How to Change Your Restaurant's Booking Confirmation Email

Questions a confirmation never answers become calls during service and wrong assumptions at the door. Rewrite it, restyle it and send it in the restaurant's own name.

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