Guides for running a better restaurant
Practical advice on billing, food cost, tax, staff and growth.
VAT for UK Restaurants: Eat-In, Takeaway, Service Charge and Your VAT Return
A plain guide to VAT in UK hospitality: 20% on eat-in and hot takeaway, zero-rated cold takeaway, VAT-inclusive menu prices, discretionary service charge and the nine-box return under Making Tax Digital.
12 October 2026 2 min read
Right to Work Checks for UK Restaurants: Records, Expiry Dates and Student Visas
How UK restaurants can keep right to work records in order: checking before work starts, tracking visa and passport expiry, the 20-hour student visa limit, and keeping evidence ready for a Home Office visit.
12 October 2026 2 min read
UAE VAT for Restaurants: 5%, Tax Invoices, Service Charge and Rounding
What UAE restaurants need on every bill: 5% VAT in VAT-inclusive prices, a tax invoice with your 15-digit TRN, service charge before VAT, Dubai's municipality fee for hotels and rounding to 25 fils.
12 October 2026 1 min read
Thailand VAT and Service Charge for Restaurants: A Practical Guide
How Thai restaurants handle 7% VAT, the customary 10% service charge, full tax invoices with a 13-digit Tax ID, rounding to the baht and the monthly VAT return.
12 October 2026 1 min read
How to Calculate Food Cost per Dish (and Price Your Menu From It)
A step-by-step way to cost a dish from its recipe, work out food cost percentage, set a menu price that hits your target, and keep it right as supplier prices move.
12 October 2026 2 min read
GST on Restaurant Bills in India: CGST, SGST, Rounding and the 5% Rule
How GST works on an Indian restaurant bill: the 5% rate without input tax credit, splitting CGST and SGST, what a tax invoice must show, rounding to the rupee and the service charge rules.
12 October 2026 2 min read
Choosing a Restaurant POS in 2026: The Complete Buyer's Checklist
A practical, no-nonsense checklist for picking a restaurant POS in 2026 — from billing and KOT to inventory, accounting, multi-outlet and total cost of ownership.
18 February 2026 3 min read
Cut Food Cost with Recipe-Level Inventory: A Practical Guide
Food cost quietly eats restaurant profit. Here's how recipe-level inventory in your POS finds the leak — with a step-by-step setup you can do this week.
4 February 2026 2 min read
GST & VAT Billing for Restaurants in India, UAE, Thailand and the UK
Tax on a restaurant bill trips up more POS setups than anything else. Here's what to get right for GST in India, VAT in the UAE and Thailand, and the UK's VAT-inclusive menus — clearly explained.
21 January 2026 3 min read
QR Code Ordering: Setup, Etiquette and Conversion Tips
QR ordering can lift table turnover and average spend — or annoy your guests. Here's how to set it up well, from menu design to the kitchen hand-off.
9 January 2026 2 min read
9 Ways a Restaurant POS Increases Profit (That Actually Move the Needle)
Not every POS feature makes you money. Here are the nine that reliably do — from recipe inventory to commission-free ordering and per-outlet reporting.
15 December 2025 2 min read