What does the 2024 Autumn Budget mean for UK hospitality?
What does the 2024 Autumn Budget mean for UK hospitality?
Fourth’s Alison Barlow takes a deep dive into the Autumn Budget – Labour’s first in over 14 years – detailing what the new measures mean for UK hospitality operators.
What does 2023 have in store for the retail industry? Talent shortages, cost of living, and more technology
What does 2023 have in store for the retail industry? Talent shortages, cost of living, and more technology
Years of difficulty and uncertainty in the retail industry have resulted in over half (53%) of retail employees currently feeling overworked and underappreciated, suggests new data from workforce management technology company Fourth.
What do you need to know about April’s new neonatal care leave?
What do you need to know about April’s new neonatal care leave?
With the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act coming into force in April, Fourth’s Alison Barlow provides a quick overview of everything you need to know about the incoming legislation.
Key changes in holiday pay entitlements, effective from April 2024, aim to simplify how holiday pay is calculated. Learn what the holiday pay reforms are, what businesses should consider when preparing for the reforms and how technology can automate calculations, reduce admin and increase accuracy.
Minimum wage increases every year. The Fourth team discusses everything you need to know, from the impact on salaried employees to whether minimum wage causes inflation.
Transforming Garden Centre Dining: How embracing technology can improve operational excellence.
Transforming Garden Centre Dining: How embracing technology can improve operational excellence.
Garden Centre Retail's Joe Wilkinson speaks to Stewart Maranello on how fit-for-purpose hospitality technology can optimise garden centre dining operations.
The Benefits of HR Software | How to Choose HR Software
The Benefits of HR Software | How to Choose HR Software
Fourth’s team explains the benefits of HR software, detailing how to choose the right HR platform and how Fourth can support HR in your hospitality business.
Talent, convenience, and technology: The Retailer’s guide for 2022
Talent, convenience, and technology: The Retailer’s guide for 2022
Retailers in the UK have faced a perfect storm of challenges in 2021, with forced closures due to Covid-induced lockdowns, falls in retail sales volumes, redundancies, talent shortages and supply chain issues.
Shift Pooling: harness the flexibility of your workforce
Shift Pooling: harness the flexibility of your workforce
Shift Pooling gives hospitality employees more flexibility while enabling operators to maximise labour efficiencies. In this article, we introduce Fourth’s latest capability, highlighting the benefits for workers, managers and operators.
Overlooking modern HR tech can negatively impact retailers
Overlooking modern HR tech can negatively impact retailers
As high street footfall continues to drop, retailers are feeling the strain. To address the cost of living and high staff turnover issues, retail leaders can use HR technologies to balance their employee’s engagement, satisfaction, and financial well-being.
With employer national insurance contributions set to change in April, Fourth’s Alison Barlow takes you through the basics of NIC and discusses how hospitality operators can manage the changes.
Make employee onboarding a breeze with Fourth’s Onboarding App
Make employee onboarding a breeze with Fourth’s Onboarding App
Find out how Fourth’s Onboarding App gives hospitality operators all the tools they need to transition employees from applicant tracking to onboarding.
Lancaster Brewery reduce labour costs using Intelligent Scheduling
Lancaster Brewery reduce labour costs using Intelligent Scheduling
Get the lowdown on how Lancaster Brewery use Fourth’s AI-driven Intelligent Scheduling to accurately forecast demand and optimise their workforce scheduling and productivity.
In bloom and heading for a boom: why workforce management has never been more critical for UK garden centres
In bloom and heading for a boom: why workforce management has never been more critical for UK garden centres
Evolution of garden centers: From retail to vibrant destinations, powered by innovation and diverse offerings. Tech solutions streamline operations, benefiting both staff and customer experience.