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Partner Spotlight: Barma

Our partnership with hospitality training app Barma gives you seamless scheduling, onboarding and staff training.

HospitalityWorkforce management
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Avondale Care upgrades operations with Planday

When Avondale Care Scotland faced significant challenges in managing staff schedules, director Adrian Hendry recognised the need for a more efficient system.

HealthcareWorkforce management
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Holidays Are Coming: How To Prepare Your Hospitality Team For The Holiday Rush

Keep an eye-out for the big red Coca-Cola lorries because make no mistake, the holidays are indeed coming. So is your hospitality team prepared?

HospitalityRestaurant management
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Your Handbook to Happiness has landed

The hospitality industry's not-so-secret ingredient is happiness. But we can focus so much on making our customers happy, we can overlook our teams. That ends here, with your ultimate cheatsheet to creating a happy hospitality team.

HospitalityRestaurant management
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Tech Trends 2025: Download your free report

Get the lowdown on the hospitality tech changing the industry this year, creating happier teams and healthier businesses.

HospitalityRestaurant management
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What are the different types of shift patterns?

Shift patterns come in all different shapes and sizes. But which shift pattern is best for your business and team members?

AdministrationWorkforce management
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Scheduling – flexibility vs uncertainty

The flexibility of the job is one of the hospitality industry's biggest pulls. But, right now, there's a big disconnect between perception and reality.

The Single Biggest ShiftHospitality
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Hospitality’s mental health epidemic (and why clear career paths motivate teams)

Hospitality workers have looked after everyone else for so long, they’ve forgotten how to take care of themselves. How can we help? By reading this article for starters.

Workforce managementHospitality
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The role of artificial intelligence in employee scheduling and workforce management

The role of artificial intelligence in employee scheduling and workforce management

Business managementWorkforce management
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Solving your workforce management challenges

We reveal the most common workforce management challenges facing SMBs and share with you some best practice tips to resolve them

Workforce management
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The Future of Staff Management: How Digital Communication can Improve The Workplace

In this guide, we'll look at how digital communication tools improve the communication between senior management and employees and ensure collaboration at all company levels

Business managementWorkforce management
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The evolution of employee scheduling: A look at past, present and future

The evolution of employee scheduling: A look at past, present and future

Business managementWorkforce management
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5 Ways employee scheduling software can improve your business

While there are many good reasons to use an employee scheduling software, we will present what we believe to be the top five

Business managementWorkforce management
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The Pros and Cons of Using Punch Clock within the Workplace

What exactly is a punch clock and why should your business consider having one?

Workforce management
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Scheduling Student Employees at College Campuses

Being empathetic to student needs while properly scheduling your staff is a tricky balancing act. Fortunately, we have some tips and solutions

Business managementWorkforce management