Key Takeaways Toast is a major US restaurant POS, reportedly serving around 180,000 locations, that only formally launched in the UK in 2026. Most of the review evidence available is US-based, not UK-based. The most common complaints, across both US…
Key Takeaways Loyverse is a genuinely free core POS app, popular with very small shops and cafés, but users consistently report limited integrations, no desktop application, and thin advanced reporting once a business grows. The most common reason UK businesses…
Key Takeaways Epos Now is a well-established UK EPOS provider with a large install base, but common complaints centre on long contract lock-ins, no published pricing, and add-on costs that push the monthly bill higher than expected. The most common…
Key Takeaways Sri Lanka’s payments landscape has shifted fast. LankaQR now covers over 400,000 merchants through 22 acquirers, and interbank real-time transfers have grown from 8 percent to 67 percent of all interbank transactions in six years. SMEs make up…
Key Takeaways Your till already captures the raw material for better decisions: timestamps, items, prices, discounts, and payment methods on every single sale. Five questions this data can answer directly: what actually sells, when you’re really busy, what sells together,…
Key Takeaways A bike shop runs three businesses at once: retail sales, a repair workshop, and often an online store. A generic till only really covers one of those well. Serial number tracking matters more here than in almost any…
Key Takeaways A handheld POS is a portable device, usually a tablet or dedicated terminal, that lets staff take orders and payments away from a fixed till. Restaurants use handhelds for tableside ordering and payment, while retailers use them to…
Key Takeaways Most UK POS installations follow a clear sequence: account setup, product data upload, hardware delivery, on-site or remote configuration, staff training, then go-live. A well-run installation takes anywhere from a few days for a single till to a…
Key Takeaways An EPOS system is an electronic point of sale: hardware and software that processes payments and also records, reports and organises the data behind every sale. The UK has 5.5 million private sector businesses, and 99.8% of them…
Key Takeaways UK shoplifting fell 4% to 507,086 recorded offences in the year to March 2026, according to the ONS, but levels remain close to the highest on record. Cameras and staff vigilance alone aren’t enough. Retail crime cost UK…