Your POS is more than a till. It's where sales, inventory, staff, and customer data all meet — and when it's set up badly or doesn't talk to the rest of your systems, the cost is invisible but constant: stock counts that are always wrong, reports that don't add up, and staff hours lost to manual workarounds.
We advise on, configure and integrate POS platforms suited to cellar doors, cafés, restaurants and boutique retail — so everything talks to each other and you get one clean picture of your business.
Choosing the right POS platform
The best system depends on whether you're hospitality-first or retail-first, your volume, and what you need it to connect to. We're not tied to any one vendor — we recommend based on your business.
Square
Excellent for cafés, food trucks, market stalls and smaller hospitality venues. Quick to set up, transparent pricing, strong free tier, and a clean ecosystem. Often the right starting point for a newer or simpler operation.
Lightspeed
Built for more complex hospitality and retail — full-service restaurants, multi-area venues, and retailers with serious inventory needs. Strong table management, detailed reporting, and the depth to handle a busy, growing operation. (Lightspeed Restaurant is the platform formerly known as Kounta.)
Shopify POS
The natural choice when your business is retail-first and you sell both in-store and online. It unifies your physical and online sales under one inventory and one set of reports, which is a genuine advantage if e-commerce is a real part of your business.
What good POS integration delivers
- One source of truth — sales and stock in one place, not spread across systems that disagree
- Website & inventory sync — sell online and in-store without manually updating stock twice
- Booking integration — your reservations and your POS aware of each other
- Unified reporting — one clear view of performance instead of stitching spreadsheets together
- Less manual work — staff time back from the admin that a connected system handles automatically
The integration that makes the difference
Plenty of businesses have a POS. Far fewer have one that's actually connected to everything else. That's where the real value is — and where we focus.
We connect your POS to your website, your inventory, and your booking or reservation system so they share data automatically. No more updating stock in two places. No more reconciling till totals against online sales by hand. No more guessing at your numbers because they live in three disconnected tools.
Why this matters for a South West venue
Down here, business is seasonal and often spread across channels — a cellar door selling at the counter, online, and at events; a café running dine-in and takeaway; a retailer balancing tourist trade and local regulars. A well-configured, connected POS is what lets a small team handle that complexity without drowning in admin, and what gives you accurate numbers to plan the next season from.