Hospitality insights from Polaris Elements

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Breaching the 3 pm to 5 pm gap

Optimising your shift patterns so that they work for you and your employees is no easy task! As an employer, it is important that you have the right staff at the right time for your business. Wages are the biggest single expense in the hospitality sector and having your team being unproductive is not the […]

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Neil Westwater discusses How new tech is giving you back lost time – Article featured in the BII Magazine (Winter 2021)

Polaris Elements helps enable you to run a better, more efficient business through its tailored and relevant technology, says director Neil Westwater Bill gates said (...

4 min read - January 28, 2022

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Poacher proof your hospitality business – tips to retain your best workers

In a recent article, we shared tips on how to stand out from your competitors in the aggressive hospitality recruitment market. Where poaching the best ...

5 min read - December 3, 2021

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Tips to stand out from the crowd when recruiting for your hospitality business

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing with you some tips on how to recruit in a competitive and often aggressive market, ...

3 min read - October 25, 2021

ePoS

ePoS – How much value can it actually bring?

What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when someone says “hospitality technology”? If you are an entrepreneur or restauranteur, maybe it’s ...

5 min read - August 10, 2021

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Six steps to an effective hospitality loyalty programme

Loyalty programmes have long been the bastion of high street retailers who have used them effectively to drive engagement and increase sales. Hospitality, on the ...

3 min read - August 10, 2021

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Five reasons to move to an online schedule

Most of us have worked in a restaurant or food service chain at some point in our lives. If you were like me, finding out ...

2 min read - August 10, 2021

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Improve venue communication

You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace.  After all, there are so many ...

4 min read - August 10, 2021

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Understand ACTUAL labour costs before it is too late

Of the five major costs in the hospitality sector – equipment, utilities, food, and a POS system – labour cost is one of the most important. Labour ...

7 min read - August 10, 2021

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Staff retention will lead to customer retention

Nobody’s happy when turnover rates spike but by improving staff retention will you also retain customers? A high turnover means money must be spent ...

3 min read - August 10, 2021

Customer Stories

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“Polaris Elements provides us with the essential intelligence to understand and flex to our customers’ current and predicted purchasing patterns, to implement applicable promotions, and apply staff resources most efficiently.”

Darren Earl, Head of Retail Operations

“We chose Polaris Elements because it is intuitive for site managers to use and highly geared to the numerous demands of the hospitality industry. Along with increased controls, we have real time reporting that is essential to our business planning.”

Adam Gregory, Director of Operations

“Seamless access to business intelligence through the Polaris Software suite has allowed us to make real-time business decisions easily. The Polaris PoS solution has been essential to achieving growth at Brewhouse & Kitchen by ensuring sales transactions are fast, easy and accurate.”

Kris Gumbrell, Executive Chairman