Hospitality News Roundup – W/c 25/8
Monday 25/7/16 Propelinfonews.com – Meatcure opens Bedford restaurant, fourth site and first outside East Midlands: Gourmet burger restaurant company Meatcure has opened a restaurant in Bedford, its fourth site and first outside the East Midlands. The new venue in High Street is open daily, offering burgers, steaks, salads, sharing plates and desserts, alongside shakes and […]
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. […]
Upselling – How not to do it!
If you attend seminar’s about how to increase your sales, the common theme is that it is easier to sell to existing customers/clients than to have to find new ones. In hospitality we call this “up selling”. It appears to be an art that a lot of operators have forgotten. When I first started out […]
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.
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 […]
Golf Clubs Turn Heating Bills Into Income With Biomass
Golf Clubs operate 7 days a week, with members wanting a warm club house, bar and restaurant and plenty of hot water for their showers after they have played their rounds. This all adds up to golf clubs having the highest energy spends of any type of sports clubs.
PayPal – Is it the Best Payment Provider as your E-commerce Grows?
Paypal has become the first stop for most businesses when they first start with E-Commerce. It is easy to join and its ease of use is of course appealing to a new business. All transactions are charged the same regardless of the card type. However, as your business increases, PayPal can become an extremely costly […]
What Is VOIP?
VOIP = Voice over IP (Internet telephony) Rather than a traditional internal phone system, where you had a switchboard in your building, voice calls and fax are made using the Internet with a hosted phone system in the Cloud.
How To Reduce Your Card Processing Costs – Tip #10
If your business is growing – Re-tender. Pricing works on volume and if your volume has significantly grown you may qualify for a lower priced tier. And of course, your existing supplier will never offer up a volume based rate review with out prompting.