EPOS systems for Glasgow restaurants, takeaways and cafés

Finnieston turned from a run of pubs on Argyle Street into Glasgow's restaurant district in little more than a decade, and it did so because of what sits next to it: the SEC and the OVO Hydro bring arena crowds down Finnieston Street most nights of the week, so a restaurant there books its tables around door times and runs a pre-show service with the clock in mind. The strip itself is seafood, small plates, Indian and whisky bars, and the trade is tables, courses and bookings rather than counters.

The Merchant City, between Trongate and Ingram Street, is bars and restaurants in warehouse conversions, trading hard from Thursday to Sunday. The West End around Byres Road and Ashton Lane serves the University of Glasgow, with cafés and lunch trade by day and bars at night, and term dates shift the pattern noticeably. The Southside has become the city's second food centre: Shawlands along Pollokshaws Road is cafés, bakeries and restaurants, while Victoria Road through Govanhill and Albert Drive in Pollokshields hold the Pakistani grills, sweet shops and takeaways that trade late and deliver across the south of the river.

Glasgow's event calendar is busy and large. Celtic Park, Ibrox and Hampden each bring tens of thousands past nearby pubs and takeaways on fixture days, and an Old Firm match stops everything else for an afternoon. TRNSMT fills Glasgow Green for a July weekend, Celtic Connections runs through January in venues across the city, and the Christmas markets take George Square and St Enoch Square. Sauchiehall Street has lost much of its retail but keeps its late-night venues.

Scotland's licensing rules are different, and the till has to know it. Alcohol cannot be sold for off-premises consumption outside 10am to 10pm, promotions on drink are restricted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act, and minimum unit pricing sets a floor under the price of every alcoholic line. A Finnieston restaurant needs bookings, course firing, deposits for show nights and a bill split six ways. A Govanhill grill needs phone, counter and delivery platforms in one queue. A Byres Road café needs speed between eight and ten and a rota that follows the university year.

Posso is based in Leicester and supplies the whole of the UK the same way: the terminal, printers, cash drawer and card reader are configured with your menu before they ship, so a Glasgow venue plugs in, logs in and starts taking orders. Systems are preconfigured and shipped plug-and-play.

Support is UK-based and runs Monday to Friday, 9am–9:30pm, by phone and by remote session, with an urgent line for till-down problems outside those hours. Setup (menu build + configuration) is free; on-site installation for larger sites is priced on application. Hardware carries a two-year warranty.

Posso also works with venues in Paisley, East Kilbride, Clydebank, Hamilton, Motherwell, Cumbernauld, Bearsden and Rutherglen. For the full system, see the Posso EPOS system overview; for what it costs, the EPOS pricing page; and for the switch itself, the guide to replacing an old EPOS.