How to grow your hospitality business with the help of “café culture”
Even though Britain is currently exiting the European Union, the values of European café culture are still central to the overarching café experience in the UK. However, so many hospitality businesses fail to grasp the importance of culture and community and think its all about flat whites and cappuccinos. 3POS have published a useful guide […]
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How restaurants can leverage the power of social media to drive brand success
Social media management is a crucial experience that is growing in importance within the hospitality sector. As a cost-conscious way of driving growth and building a customer base, social media has the power to drive local clientele to your premises. By using social media channels to help engage with your customers, you can help improve […]
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British restaurant diners name top three service “pet peeves”
PaymentSense, the restaurant payment platform, published its annual Restaurants Insights 2020: The Inside Story on Eating Out, which highlighted the opinions of nearly 2,000 UK restaurant diners and what really gets on their nerves when dining out. According to 3POS: “When reading the report, you realise just how much we, as a nation, love to […]
Read moreCastle Walls vs MarketPlace – Security
One of the challenges in putting in place decent electronic security for clients is the three way trade off between cost, amount of security and inconvenience. Quite often there is an understanding from clients that as their machines have “Windows Firewall” (they know this because they’ve seen it pop up with warnings at some point […]
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Business leaders lack vital digital skills says OU survey
The Open University’s new ‘Leading in a Digital Age’ report highlights a link between improved business performance and leaders who are equipped, through technology training, to manage digital change. Investing in digital skills training The latest version of the annual report, which bases its findings on a survey of 950 CTOs and senior leaders within […]
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WhatsApp ceases support for more old phone operating systems
WhatsApp has announced that its messaging app will no longer work on outdated operating systems, which is a change that could affect millions of smartphone users. Android versions 2.3.7 and older, iOS 8 and older The change, which took place on February 1, means that WhatsApp has ended support for Android operating system versions 2.3.7 […]
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Tracking for people who lose things
Google Assistant is now supporting Tile’s Bluetooth tracker which means Tile customers can use a simple voice command to enlist the help of Google Assistant in finding their lost keys, wallet, TV remote control and more. What is Tile? Tile uses Bluetooth and a phone app to locate physical ‘Tile’ tracking devices of different sizes […]
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Innovations/game-changers to expect in 2020
This is the time of year for looking ahead to how technology could be affecting and, hopefully, enhancing our lives over the coming year and here is a selection of just some of the possible game-changing technological innovations that could be making an impact in 2020. 5G technologies Technology and communications commentators are saying that […]
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Amazon announces smart office supply re-ordering device
Amazon has announced the introduction of a ‘smart’ office essentials re-ordering device called Dash Smart Shelf which uses a weight-sensing, Wi-Fi-enabled smart scale to re-order products when they’re running low. Why? According to Amazon, monitoring and reordering everyday business essentials (e.g. printer paper) can be unnecessarily time-consuming for the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that […]
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Hacker’s website closed down in international operation
A website (and its supporting infrastructure) which sold a variety of hacking tools to other would-be cyber criminals has been closed down after an investigation by agencies from multiple countries including the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). IM-RAT The main tool that the agencies were particularly interested in eradicating was the Imminent Monitor Remote Access […]
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The difference between backup and disaster recovery
We’re all familiar with the value of making a backup of business data, but how does this fit with ‘disaster recovery’ and ‘business continuity’ strategies? This article takes a brief look at how these elements fit together to ensure that businesses can survive, function and get back up to speed when disastrous events (external or […]
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TISSL and Preoday announce digital ordering partnership venture
TISSL, the UK EPOS manufacturer and Preoday, the digital ordering platform, have joined forces to help innovative a new and exciting platform for the food and hospitality sector. TISSL has a dynamic range of clients – from boutique to chain – whilst Preoday has worked with a range of different hospitality sector stakeholders. Thus, a […]
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