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Flexible Coronavirus Furlough Scheme: How to Bring Staff Back as Required
Published: 26th Jun 20 Categories: Money, Planning As non-essential shops and hospitality venues prepare to re-open, many are facing the same difficult question: “How can I plan my staffing levels and decide who to bring back?” From 1 July 2020, the revised...
Meet Virgate Accounts
Published: 9th Dec 19 Category: Uncategorised The Virgate Accounts Team provide Retail & Hospitality SMEs with a fully managed outsourced finance function. We’re a complete plug-in accounts department for retailers, hotels, pubs and restaurants. We have a...
Why operational planning is key for the retail and hospitality industries
Published: 15th Apr 19 Category: Customer Service When running any medium or large business, having a plan is key to the long-term success of your operation. However, this is especially true of the retail and hospitality sectors, where strong operational planning and...
Overcoming the latest challenges in retail and hospitality
Published: 4th Apr 19 Category: Planning While several sectors are undergoing significant change, many may argue none more so than the retail and hospitality industry. So what are some of the biggest challenges affecting retail and hospitality businesses, and how can...
Why poor staff retention is killing your business
Published: 14th Mar 19 Category: Planning Your staff are the lifeblood of your retail and hospitality business. Without them, you can’t serve your customers and keep them happy. That is why it is important to always maintain a trained group of staff at all your...
Are UK High Streets In Trouble?
Published: 8th Mar 19 Category: Money 2018 was an incredibly bad year for the UK’s high street retail sector, and the early months of 2019 seem to be showing similar indications for some brands. Keeping up with consumer drift to online shopping has taken its toll on a...
Retail and hospitality: new controls and windows into the future
Published: 15th Feb 19 Category: Planning You no longer need a crystal ball to create far-reaching business plans; as technology has made business control, predictive analysis, and trend mapping into a science. How is this possible, and how can smaller companies...
The key reasons all hospitality businesses should outsource payroll
Published: 8th Feb 19 Categories: Customer Service, Taxes Payroll is one of the key considerations that all hospitality businesses need to put a great amount of focus on handling correctly. Staff morale is an essential aspect of any business, and there are few quicker...
Is your business ready to consider outsourcing?
Published: 14th Jan 19 Category: Planning As organisations face increasing financial pressure many are reviewing their internal capabilities, as they search for new ways to remain competitive. Outsourcing of accounting continues to move into the mainstream, as an...
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