Unlocking Business Excellence: The Power of AI Enablement
Dec 18, 2023
Unlocking Business Excellence: The Power of AI Enablement
Carly Hodges, VP of Business Operations (Technology) at Fourth, leads the global Lean-Agile strategy and heads the AI Enablement Program. Explore groundbreaking AI tools and projects during monthly "AI Fridays" initiated in September 2023. Join Fourth's journey into AI innovation!
Unleashing the Power of Hotel Analytics: From Data to Decisions
Dec 12, 2023
Unleashing the Power of Hotel Analytics: From Data to Decisions
Take a deep dive into hotel analytics with Fourth. We take you through the key considerations for a hotel analytics project, the types of metrics each department should be capturing, and the strategies you can employ to smash your targets.
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.
Transforming Garden Centre Dining: How embracing technology can improve operational excellence.
Mar 15, 2024
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.
Suppliers in the hospitality industry have been adversely impacted by the pandemic, with reports of revenues of less than 10% of 2019 levels during the first lockdown.
The Definitive Guide To Restaurant Inventory Management
Dec 12, 2023
The Definitive Guide To Restaurant Inventory Management
Are you struggling with restaurant inventory management? In this in-depth guide, learn best practices to successfully manage inventory and drive more profits.
The hospitality industry has continued to battle its way through a myriad of issues since we released our last Hospitality Workforce Report in August, with spiralling energy costs, high inflation and market instability heavily impacting trading.
Shift Pooling: harness the flexibility of your workforce
Nov 27, 2023
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.
From how to motivate teams to the best way to approach technology adoption, you’ll find everything you ever wanted to know about restaurant management in Fourth’s latest guide.
Restaurant forecasting can help to anticipate demand and respond accordingly. Read on to learn everything you need to know about nailing restaurant forecasting.
Restaurant Automation: How To Succeed With It In Your Business
Nov 8, 2023
Restaurant Automation: How To Succeed With It In Your Business
Technological advances mean restaurant automation can now be leveraged widely throughout your business. In this article, Fourth breaks down everything you need to know about restaurant automation, from possible applications to planning and executing a restaurant automation project.
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, coming into effect 1 July 2024, requires employers to have a written tipping policy. Find out how to prepare a tipping policy.
Overlooking modern HR tech can negatively impact retailers
Oct 26, 2022
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.
Natasha’s Law: Effects On The Hospitality Industry
Oct 7, 2021
Natasha’s Law: Effects On The Hospitality Industry
Natasha’s Law (or the Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019), which effectively has come into force at the start of October 2021, makes it a legal requirement for all food retailers and operators to display full ingredient and allergen labelling information on every food item they sell ‘pre-packed for direct sale’.
Masters of workforce: Park Plaza and Four Season on how to unlock workforce potential
Nov 18, 2023
Masters of workforce: Park Plaza and Four Season on how to unlock workforce potential
For the second webinar in our Masters of Workforce series, Fourth’s Adam Davis is joined by Park Plaza’s Elsa Millansky and Four Seasons’ Mathias Cocuron to discuss how both chains are employing innovative strategies to increase confidence, engagement and retention.
Masters of Workforce: Greene King on the value of convincing not cajoling when it comes to tech
Oct 30, 2023
Masters of Workforce: Greene King on the value of convincing not cajoling when it comes to tech
Greene King’s Andy Incles joins Fourth’s Barry Lane to chat all things workforce management in the hospitality industry. From insight into the challenges facing the UK’s largest managed pub chain, to the tech and processes they’re putting in place to overcome them, Andy shares his expert insight into how operators can optimise workforce management.
Masters of Supply Chain: Why PizzaExpress is going back to basics
Sep 22, 2023
Masters of Supply Chain: Why PizzaExpress is going back to basics
Spencer Playle, Supply Chain Director of PizzaExpress shares his views on the key issues impacting restaurant supply chains following a tumultuous few years for the industry.