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Software for pubs and bars

User-friendly cloud-based software that helps pubs and bars increase profits, reduce operational costs and deliver great guest experiences that keep your customers coming back for more.  

Discover our flexible and adaptable EPoS system, explore our bar inventory management solutions, tackle purchasing head-on, drive more bookings and find out more about streamlining operational processes with Access Hospitality pub and bar management software.  

What software do you need in your pub or bar?  

The most common software you’ll find in pubs and bars is the POS system that enables them to process customer payments.  

Here at Access Hospitality, we help pub and bar clients find software solutions that will help them achieve their business goals.

Are you trying to increase visits to your venue? Manage and increase sales values? Reduce operating costs? Our sector and product specialist advisors will help match you to the right software for you.  

Why use our pub and bar software? 

  • Deliver great service - Serve your guests with exceptional service with faster bar ordering through our efficient EPoS system, handy table ordering through our order and pay software, a smooth booking journey and tailored communications to bring them back again.  
  • Free your time - From rotas to payroll, we have your staff and HR needs covered with a range of workforce management solutions that will save you hundreds of hours of time and ensure your venue is running efficiently.  
  • Manage multiple sites - Gain visibility across your entire estate with connected data and tools to help you streamline processes, control budgets and monitor performance.  

Reduce business costs

  • Identify the areas of your business where you can cut back and make essential savings to keep your operation profitable by targeting purchasing costs, waste management and stock control.  
  • Discover valuable data insights in real time to discover your most profitable menu items, best-performing products behind the bar, your busiest days and more across all our bar and pub software solutions.  

Explore our software solutions for pubs and bars

EPoS for pubs and bars

Our EPoS for pubs, bars and other wet-led venues primarily enables staff to process orders and take payments from customers. In a fast-paced environment like a bar, the EPoS system needs to be efficient and reliable.

With thirty years of experience working with pubs and bars, Access Hospitality EPoS features an easy-to-use touchscreen interface and is a reliable, cloud-based point of sale system that also tracks inventory in real-time and is packed with smart functionality to help boost bar sales.

Benefits for pubs and bars include:

  • A flexible system that supports both wet-led and food-led operations
  • Cloud-based software is updated regularly so you can always support the newest payment methods and partner integrations
  • View your sales data in real-time and discover actionable insights that enable you to increase sales
  • Track stock levels and manage inventory with stock control software for pubs and bars
Bar inventory and procurement software

Inventory management and procurement software for bars make purchasing easier and faster by digitising payment processes and invoices, streamlining purchasing and securing the best prices from suppliers.  

Access Hospitality’s procurement and inventory management software monitors, records and reorders stock in your bar as well as calculate profit margins, reduces waste and secures the best purchase prices from your approved suppliers.  

Benefits for pubs and bars include:  

  • Manage your budgets more effectively with accurate forecasting 
  • Monitor pour costs and use menu management functions to manage your profit margins 
  • Manage allergen and nutrition labelling for food
Order and pay solution

Order and pay at table software is becoming more popular in pubs and bars offering customers a convenient way to order more drinks or food without leaving their table.  

Access Orderbee enables your customers to order and pay using a handy QR code – no app download required. Our clients typically see average order values increase as customers don’t have to queue to order another round. Smaller queues at the bar mean reducing wait times for all your customers and fewer crowds of waiting customers at the bar.  

Benefits for pubs and bars include:  

  • Offer speedier and more convenient service to your guests  
  • Reduce queues at the bar and manage orders more efficiently 
  • Collect guest marketing data to use in future communications 

 

Online table booking software

Online table booking software can help bars and pubs drive more visits as your guests know they are guaranteed a table at your venue.  

Access Hospitality’s booking and reservation solution enables you to take bookings through your website, social media, Google and more, manage guest enquiries and collect pre-visit payments and orders on one easy-to-use platform.

Benefits for hotels include:  

  • Bar and pub customers see an average 18% increase in enquiries and bookings 
  • Generate more sales by offering promotions and deals during the booking journey 
  • Promote your bar through DesignMyNight, the online discovery platform for hospitality venues with more than 13 million monthly views to help new guests discover your venue 
CRM system for pubs and bars

The CRM system records and manages your customer data so you can generate tailored marketing messaging for your customers to tell them about the latest offers and events in your pub or bar.

Access Hospitality’s CRM system enables wet-led venues to build customer loyalty and drive more repeat visits by helping you harness your valuable customer data and use it to create engaging marketing campaigns.

Benefits for pubs and bars include:

  • Build a powerful single customer view that records all your customer data and helps you learn what’s important to your customers
  • Send targeted email marketing campaigns and monitor performance
  • Drive more repeat visits from customers
Staff scheduling, payroll and training

Staff scheduling and payroll software help you manage the daily workforce management tasks in your business such as creating staff rotas, recording TNA and managing payroll.  

Access Hospitality’s range of People products helps you to optimise and simplify workforce management in your business. Flexible enough to accommodate all the different shift patterns of your hourly workers you can ensure that you optimise your shifts to control labour costs. Deliver mandatory compliance training to your teams and monitor completion rates at site and estate level to ensure you fulfil legal obligations to train your staff. 

Benefits for pubs and bars include:  

  • Use business data to forecast staffing needs and produce optimised rotas  
  • Provide a platform for your staff to manage their holiday requests, view payslips and swap shifts 
  • Deliver comprehensive training in compliance, service and product skills 
Facility management

Computer-aided facility management software enables pub and bar chains to manage their estate from one digital platform, simplifying the complicated submissions, requests and approvals processes that are generated when managing annual services, maintenance and repairs of their equipment and buildings.  

Access Maintain provides pub and bar chain operators with the tools to automate facility management processes and simplify booking jobs at each site with pre-set checklists and approved contractors.  

Access Maintain provides the tools to automate facility management processes, set approval processes, manage and approve contractors, monitor and assess budgets and book, track and invoice jobs through its easy-to-use system.  

Benefits for pubs and bars include:  

  • Greater control over contractors and job management can help reduce maintenance costs by 10%  
  • Monitor jobs in real-time and track contractor progress  
  • Document and record all invoices, warranties, services and certifications in one place
Hospitality accounting software

Get full visibility of your hospitality business’ finances and operations – gain a full picture of costs and expenses, revenue and profit at the click of a button.

Our accounting software for the hospitality industry provides medium to large operators with powerful tools and features that streamline financial operations, enhance cost control, and optimise revenue generation.

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Pub and bar software FAQs

What is bar software?

Bar software describes the various technology systems that support the operation of a bar, pub or other wet-led venue. Commonly this includes; an EPoS, or point of sale system to process orders and take payments as well as software to support inventory management, take bookings and support the back-end operations such as HR, staff rotas and facilities.  

Pub and bar operators often utilise software solutions to help reduce costs in areas of the business to save money or to automate and digitise historically paper-based admin tasks.  

How does software help pubs and bars?

Software solutions help pub and bar operators to save time and money by optimising processes and identifying areas of high cost.  

Depending on the objectives of the pub or bar business, operators might choose an integrated EPoS system, booking system and expanding ordering solutions to drive more sales.

Businesses that are worried about rising operating costs might choose to invest in inventory management software to help them analyse their current products’ profit margins, help to secure better prices when purchasing or reduce stock waste in their business.

Pub and bar chains may prioritise software that can streamline operational processes, manage budgets and deliver visibility across their estate, such as facilities management or HR and payroll software.  

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