Guides
Guides for local business
What the delivery apps charge, how to win direct orders, local search, loyalty and order value. Written for the people behind the counter in Ireland and the UK.
Card machines for restaurants in Ireland and the UK What card machines cost restaurants in Ireland and the UK on published prices, how the fees, contracts and payouts work, and what to check before you sign. Eclyde does not process cards. Guide Deliveroo commission rate, Just Eat and Uber Eats fees for restaurants Published fees for each app in Ireland and the UK, what the rate pages leave out, how VAT applies to commission, and how to work out what you really pay from your invoices. Guide How to get more direct orders for your restaurant or takeaway A practical plan to turn app customers and walk-ins into direct, repeat orders, inside the rules Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats set for their restaurant partners. Guide How to increase average order value in a restaurant or takeaway Practical ways to raise what each customer spends in the shop, on the phone and online, with the margin maths that shows which tactics make money and which only make the number bigger. Guide How to start a takeaway business in Ireland and the UK The steps, in order, to open a takeaway in Ireland or the UK: premises and planning, registration, food safety, allergens, licences, tax, example budgets and the first 90 days of sales. Guide Offline POS system: running your restaurant when the internet goes down What stops working in a restaurant when the broadband drops, how offline modes really differ, and the plan and tests that keep orders moving during an outage. Guide Restaurant loyalty programme ideas for independents Thirty ideas you can run this month, grouped by type of restaurant, each with how it works, an example and what it costs you at food cost. Guide Restaurant marketing ideas for independent restaurants and takeaways 42 practical ideas sorted by the job they do: new customers, repeat orders, quiet days and bigger orders. Each one comes with a cost, an effort level and a way to measure it. Guide Restaurant SEO for independent restaurants and takeaways How Google chooses which restaurants to show in Maps and search, and the work that moves you up: Business Profile, reviews, website, listings and tracking. Guide