NFS tech group

The Restaurant Show, taking place 30 September — 2nd October 2019 at Olympia London, has become the ultimate destination for the hospitality industry to connect, celebrate and discover new products, services and suppliers and is the perfect opportunity for Kitchen CUT and NFS join together to showcase how their pioneering technology is leading the way in the future of hospitality. Visitors to the show will be able to see Kitchen CUT’s ground-breaking platform, F+B Engine, in action. Members of the Kitchen CUT team will be available every day to give demonstrations, and visitors are also encouraged to use one of the tablets available and see for themselves just how intuitive it the system is. F+B Engine has been designed specifically for the global hospitality sector, sitting at the heart of all hospitality enterprises, tracking and managing the ‘engine room’. Accessible anywhere, from any device, the system is there to support, engage, educate and transform the way teams operate ...

Recent studies of workplaces make sad reading — they show a growing number of employees say they are being made to feel lonely and isolated by the nature of the work they do. This seems strange in some ways: our ‘gig economy’ is geared up to promote connected technologies and workspace design. Technically speaking, it’s never been so easy to communicate and collaborate with our colleagues. But the staff are just not finding the link — socially. Being part of the gig economy means many people have flexible working arrangements that go way beyond traditional employment models. Many people decide to work freelance on short-term contracts or work full-time for a set employer without all the benefits of permanent employment. Technology is a huge enabler of agile and freelance working — with a smartphone and unlimited data (or coffee shop wifi) — you can work nearly anywhere. But working remotely or separate from other people sometimes makes us feel lonely and depressed. That’s...