We believe in the importance of operating sustainably; being the only feasible way we can continue living without dramatic and depleting effects to animals, plants, the environment, and ourselves.

The 31st March is a stressful time in NZ as is the 30th June for Australia. Around this time you get “the call” from your accountant asking for the box of receipts, stock count, records of expenses, outstanding invoices… and the list goes on.

As soon as we met Hannah Colman and Liz Grady from Scarf Community we knew we wanted to support their fantastic business. The combo of social enterprise and hospo education ticked all our boxes, plus their enthusiasm for what they do is infectious.

Increased mentions in cuisine articles, magazines, and on customers’ social media makes the effort worth it and gives your customers something funky, new & exciting to try!

In 2008 I went to visit my brother who was filming in New York. It just so happened that my good friend, Jacob Briars, was in town. We planned an evening out to visit some of New York’s magical venues and characters.

It was 2002 in Wellington when I met Andy at a cocktail bar called Q where I was starting as a glassy. Known as the Hospo bar, many industry workers would recall finding themselves there for a roady or two as it was one of the only venues with a 6am license.

n this second issue of 3 tips to opening a new hospitality business I interviewed bartender legend Sai Charan, who has spent the past 3 years travelling the world as Asia Pacific brand ambassador for Diplomatico Rum.

I asked Jamie to say a few words about his hospo life and learnings, and what three tips he would give to someone looking to open a new site.

We were keen to understand Dave’s thoughts and the story about why he moved from the old legacy PoS systems to posBoss and how the transition was. It went a little something like this…

Hospitality has a great ability to turn a well-planned day into a shambles & so by the time you get to look at your numbers you have a million messages to respond to, staff asking for help or you are just simply exhausted.

It was around 5 years ago that I met Pat from One Percent Collective. I’d heard of them through the Wellington network and I was drawn to them because of how simple they had made supporting a wide range of charities through one method.

When you’re a smaller than small business and operate a few days a week, it can sometimes be hard to keep customers in the know about where you are, what’s on the menu and what hours you’re open for business.

Brent’s challenge was to leave the land of the long white cloud to be posBoss’ first feet on the ground in Australia. He planned to meet the people who make hospo tick and get to understand what is needed for posBoss to grow and support the legends of Aussie hospo.

It should not only be easy to use and improve your business but it could be a little fun too! That’s why we decided to use emoji’s for staff logins to posBoss.

Love your regulars? Listen up. Remember when you used to run a tab for your regulars in a scruffy old notebook? Sometimes you didn’t even know their names, so “Bearded Banker” would just have to do. Yes, those were good times… but as it turns out, what’s even better is ditching the notebook and going mobile.