EPOS systems in Manchester
Manchester leans hospitality, and it trades late. Most of what we set up here is built around table service, bar tabs and a kitchen that needs legible tickets at eleven at night.
What we set up in Manchester
The Northern Quarter, Ancoats and Deansgate sites we see are usually bar-led or bar-and-food, which means open tabs, splitting bills across a table of eight, and tips that need attributing to the right server at the end of a shift.
Outside the centre it shifts. Rusholme and Cheetham Hill are takeaway and grocery trade, where the priorities are order modifiers, kitchen printers and a till that copes with a Friday rush without anybody retyping anything.
One more thing worth planning for here is the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act. Card tips have to be recorded and distributed properly, and doing that from a spreadsheet at the end of a week is miserable. If the till attributes tips to the server who took the table as the payment happens, the reporting is already done.
What Manchester businesses ask for most
- Table plans and open bar tabs
- Splitting bills by item and by seat
- Tips attributed by server for the Tips Act
- Kitchen printing that survives a late service
A typical Manchester setup
Bar-led sites here get a terminal on the bar, a second handheld or fixed point where the room is long, and a kitchen printer at the pass. The software side is where the work is: the floor plan drawn to match the actual room, courses assigned so mains can be held and fired, and tips configured to attribute to the server who took the table.
- Terminal on the bar plus a second point where needed
- Kitchen printer at the pass
- Floor plan drawn to your actual room
- Course holding and firing from the table plan
- Tips attributed by server
You can see the individual pieces on our EPOS hardware page, or the complete bundles with current pricing.
Install and support in Manchester
Manchester is about two hours from Erdington, so on-site work is planned rather than same-day. We configure and test everything before it leaves us, and we train during a real service rather than an empty room, because an hour serving genuine customers teaches your staff more than three hours of demonstration ever will.
Whichever way you start, a free demo runs your own products on screen, and you get an itemised written quote afterwards with the term and the exit terms stated plainly. If you are moving from another supplier, our guide to switching without closing sets out the week.
Manchester questions, answered
Do you cover Manchester for EPOS installs?
Yes, across Greater Manchester including Salford, Stockport and Altrincham. Online demos run the same week; on-site visits are planned around your quiet day.
Can your EPOS handle bar tabs and split bills?
Yes. You can hold an open tab, split a bill evenly, by item or by seat, and take part cash and part card on the same table.
Does it record tips by staff member?
It can, which matters since the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act. Card tips can be attributed to the server who took the table and reported at the end of the week.