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Your GM should not need SQL to ask a question about her own venue
Connecting AI directly to your data warehouse means operators can ask questions in plain English and get answers from live numbers. How it works, and what to insist on before you let it near trading data.
VAT on cold takeaway food: the rules are simple, your POS probably is not
Cold takeaway food is usually zero-rated. Eat-in is standard-rated. The rule is simple — but most POS systems apply it wrong. Six steps to check yours.
Configuration debt: the cost nobody has on a P&L
Every venue accumulates configuration debt: settings decided once at install, never reviewed, quietly costing money every day. Here is how to measure and repay it.
HMRC wants to regulate your till. The consultation closes on 18 August.
HMRC is consulting on mandatory software standards for UK POS systems: certified tills, unalterable transaction logs, QR-coded reports and 30-minute compliance checks. What it actually means for operators.
From 3-Day Reports to Real-Time Dashboards: Modern Hospitality Reporting
For many hospitality operators, monthly reporting is a painful ritual: several days of exporting, copying and reconciling data by hand, only to end up with numbers that are already out of date. For one operator, Open Data Sphere transformed a three-day manual reporting process into live, centralised dashboards — turning reporting from a chore into…
GP & Stock Optimisation: Turning Menu Data into £100,000+ of Operational Improvement
Profit in hospitality is won and lost on the details: gross profit (GP) per dish, purchasing accuracy, and stock visibility. When these are managed on spreadsheets or gut feel, margin quietly erodes. By implementing structured stock management and GP analysis for one operator, Open Data Sphere identified estimated operational improvements exceeding £100,000 a year. The…
How a POS & VAT Configuration Audit Can Save Hospitality Businesses £45,000+
For many hospitality businesses, thousands of pounds quietly leak out of the operation every month — not through theft or waste, but through misconfigured systems. One of the most common culprits is incorrect VAT and tax-group configuration inside the POS or EPOS system. At Open Data Sphere, a single operational audit of this kind uncovered…