Tuesday’s Cost Reduction Tip
Lighting – PIR According to figures from the Carbon Trust, lighting makes up 25% of the electricity use in a Hospitality business. As well as converting your lighting to LED consider using motion sensors in low use areas such as corridors in hotel, cellars, store cupboards and toilets. A PIR (passive infrared) sensor turns lights […]
Monday’s Food Cost Tip: Seasonal Produce
How does using seasonal produce save your business money? Seasonal food is a good idea to incorporate into your menus because it’s often cheaper. Why? Because it’s less effort to produce in season being grown naturally, without the need of expensive forced cultivation like greenhouses. That extra cost would normally be passed on to you. […]
10 Tips To Help Reduce Your Merchant Service Processing Costs.
Tip 1 – Shop Around Always obtain quotes from several suppliers. Prices can vary by around 40%. Tell them that you are shopping around and that their quote has to be competitive.
What should I look out for when entering into a new Gas or Electric supply contract?
Consider what energy contract is suitable for your business needs, shop around and compare supplier’ offers. As business tariffs are not published online this means phone each supplier or a broker such as ourselves could help you. Read and make sure you understand the key points of your contract. When you receive them read the […]
Why Is this Hurting Your Bottom Line?
In a bar you have all sorts of cooling equipment such as Flash Coolers, Bottle Fridges and Cellar Coolers. They are designed to radiate heat into the air around them.
Golf Club Turns a Cost into Profit
The Shield Gazette has reported that the Whitburn Golf Club has launched a series of improvements to make the course fit for the 21st Century.
10 Tenets of Energy Saving – #1
Before you can make any informed decisions you need to measure and understand your current usage. By using Wireless monitoring you are able to pinpoint where the inefficiencies are and then concentrate on the best savings. Undertaking monitoring of your energy use on average identifies savings of 10%, but in a lot of cases this […]
Have you Embraced VoIP Telephony?
The hospitality industry is a highly competitive one, with pressure from your stakeholders and customers, who are increasingly expecting a better range of services, with better value.
The Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for Energy Saving Technologies
Or How to give your cash flow a boost and reduce your operating costs. The Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) Scheme was brought in by the Government to encourage businesses to switch to energy saving technologies that are listed on the Energy Technology List (ETL). The ECA scheme allows business to write off 100% of the […]
Merchant Services – What Is PCI-DSS
PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, it is the worldwide standard that was set up to to help businesses (merchants) process card payments in a secure manner and reduce card fraud. If you do not complete the online self assessment your merchant service provider will start to charge you a monthly […]