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Setting Up Your Business Profile & Locations
Configure business details, add each venue, and set opening hours, timezones, and monitoring thresholds.
TroubleshootingA document is not showing for staff to sign
When a policy or document does not reach the people who need to sign it, check whether it is archived, who it is assigned to, and where they are.
OperationsLeave requests and holiday
Where requests for time off arrive, what the review shows before you decide, and booking leave for somebody yourself.
OperationsA person at a glance
Click a name on the rota, Payroll, Requests or Reports to see their hours, pay, holiday and anything worth knowing, without leaving the page.
OperationsStaff availability
Which days people have said they cannot work, how it shows on the rota, and recording it for somebody yourself.
Team ChatShared tablets: tapping in with a PIN
A tablet behind the bar can be used by the whole team without everybody sharing one login, so check-ins and messages are attributed to the right person.
OperationsRecording Deliveries & Traceability
Check deliveries in against the supplier's paperwork, take chilled and frozen temperatures, and keep the batch detail you need for a recall.
Team ChatReading a message in your own language
A message written in another language shows a Translate link. Nothing is translated until somebody asks, and the original is always a tap away.
TroubleshootingAn alert is not being raised
When you expect Paddl to flag something and it does not, check whether the alert was already handled or whether the thing it watches is switched off.
Compliance & Food SafetyFire & Safety Records
One Fire & Safety Records page with chips for the fire log book, fire safety checks and first response, with certificates under Documents.
OperationsPlanned Maintenance (PPM)
The checks and services that should happen on a cycle, from a catalogue of what a UK hospitality site is expected to do.
OperationsEntering takings by hand or from a spreadsheet
Enter a day's takings, import a CSV of them, and what happens when an entry and the till disagree.
OperationsActions explained
The things a rule can do when it fires, from showing a panel to creating a task.
OperationsExporting hours to payroll
The four formats, what is in the file, and what Paddl deliberately does not do.
OperationsApproving hours and timesheets
Payroll lists every shift in the dates you pick: what the flags mean, how to correct a time, and what approving covers.
Mobile AppChecking your hours
Where to find what you have worked this period and whether your manager has approved it.
OperationsPublishing a rota, and what the notice counter means
What staff see when you publish, and why Paddl records how much notice each change gave.
Mobile AppClocking in from a shift
Starting a shift from your rota, what the location check does, and what happens with no signal.
OperationsThe rota and closed sites
What happens to shifts and alerts when a site is shut for a refurbishment or a holiday.
Mobile AppSeeing your shifts in the app
Where your rota lives in Paddl Assist, and what the times mean.
OperationsRecording tips and how they were shared
Enter a tip pot per period, share it over approved hours, and keep the record the law now asks for.
OperationsBuilding your first rota
Draft a week, copy last week forward, and save a template you can reuse.
OperationsEligibility warnings on the rota
What each warning means, and why Paddl warns you rather than stopping you.
Compliance & Food SafetyCreating, Editing & Exporting HACCP Plans
Generate a HACCP plan with AI from your menu, allergens and COSHH, review and update it with AI, manage CCPs, run reviews and sign-off, and export to PDF.
OperationsWhat Ask Paddy can do for you
Ask Paddy can set up routines, book visits, draft paperwork, chase your team and build an audit pack. Here is what to ask for.
TroubleshootingA staff member cannot log in
Most sign-in problems come down to the account, the invite, or the subscription rather than the password itself.
OperationsRoutines and Checklists
See today's tasks across your sites, build recurring checklists with rich field types, schedule them flexibly, assign them, and change them later.
ProtectionInsurance, licences and lease
See what your business is expected to hold, what you hold and when it renews, and mark what does not apply.
Team ChatOpen shifts and swaps in chat
Publish a week and the unfilled shifts land in the site channel as cards staff can claim, and a shift somebody cannot work can be given away from the thread.
Compliance & Food SafetyYour Food Hygiene Rating
Link each site to its official FSA listing, read the rating and the three scores behind it, and hear about every change.
Mobile AppSubmitting Handover & End-of-Shift Reports
Raise handover notes at the end of a shift, see how the next shift picks them up at check-in, and where managers review them.
Team ChatGroups, channels and direct messages
Make a group for a project or a team, mute what you do not need, and understand why some channels cannot be left.
Compliance & Food SafetyPreparing for an EHO / Inspection Visit
Readiness in the weeks before, the EHO visit page on the day, and the Audit Pack when they want a file.
OperationsManaging Contractors
Set credential requirements, invite contractors, review their documents, and control access with events.
Getting StartedGetting Started with Paddl
Set up your account, configure your business, invite your team, and get your first checks running.
Mobile AppDownloading the Paddl App
Where to get the Paddl Assist app and how to log in the first time.
Compliance & Food SafetyAllergen Matrix
Build an accurate allergen matrix with AI, track may-contain and removable allergens, import in bulk, and keep it current.
Compliance & Food SafetyPAT Testing
PAT certificates live under Documents in the PAT Testing category, linked to the equipment they cover, with retest reminders.
OperationsSend staff a task when the forecast matches
Create a task automatically when the day is forecast sunny, hot or wet.
OperationsWhat are Rules & Automations?
Set up rules that prompt staff and create tasks automatically based on real conditions like the weather and forecast.
ProtectionBusiness Rates Intelligence
Upload your rates bill and let Paddl check the figures, find relief, and verify against published valuations.
OperationsConnecting Square
Connect your Square account so takings arrive every half hour, with thirteen months of history to start from.
Compliance & Food SafetyGenerating an Audit Pack
Pull all your compliance documents into one downloadable ZIP, ready to hand to an EHO or inspector.
TroubleshootingThe check-in panel is not showing
Steps to take when staff check in but see no weather or tide panel.
Mobile AppTeam & Compliance Oversight (Manager)
See each staff member's compliance, drill into the detail, track visitors on site, and check section status.
Mobile AppYour Compliance & Profile in the App
See your own training, documents, certificates, and compliance score, and change your app settings.
Mobile AppChecking In to Your Location
Check in to your venue so the right tasks appear, switch location, and check out at the end of your shift.
Team ChatTeam Chat: the basics
Where chat lives on the phone and in the admin panel, which channels you get, and what happens to a conversation when somebody leaves.
OperationsHandovers
Where handover and end-of-day reports live in the admin panel, how to acknowledge one, and what the Handovers module switches on.
OperationsApply a rule to specific locations
Run a rule everywhere or only at the sites it suits.
Account & BillingSwitching Modules On and Off
Choose which parts of Paddl your business uses under Settings > Modules, and what happens to the pages, alerts and Ask Paddy when one is off.
Getting StartedPaddy's analysis
How Paddy reads your documents and records in each area, what a finding is, what you can do with one, and when the analysis runs.
OperationsMapping Square locations to your sites
Pair each Square location with the Paddl site it feeds, and what happens to the locations you leave unmapped.
ProtectionLegal Guidance
Triage a tricky situation, link the report it relates to, see your insurance options, and export an evidence pack.
OperationsThe labour cost report
What the rota will cost against what the approved hours cost, by site, person and day, and as a share of sales.
Mobile AppUsing Offline Mode
How the app keeps working with no signal, what gets queued, and how it syncs when you reconnect.
OperationsScheduling checks around service
The routine editor shows the quiet windows in each site's day so a check lands in a lull, not the lunch rush.
OperationsHow accurate is the forecast, and when it says no
How the accuracy figure is measured, what moves it, and every reason a site can have no forecast.
Compliance & Food SafetyFood Safety Records
One Records page for food safety: chips for each kind of check or report, Checks and Reports tabs, filters, resolving and export.
Account & BillingHow Paddl Pricing Works
Understand per-location pricing, what every location includes, and how extra users and storage are charged.
TroubleshootingStaff are not getting push notifications
If notifications are not reaching a phone, the usual cause is the phone itself blocking Paddl, even when every switch inside Paddl is on.
OperationsKnowledge Hub and Ask Paddy
Build a searchable knowledge base, and use Ask Paddy to answer questions from it and to set work up for you.
Mobile AppManager Mode on the Mobile App
Switch into manager mode for an overview of your team, compliance, sign-offs, and quick reporting.
Mobile AppCompleting Tasks & Checklists on Mobile
Find your tasks, filter by day or status, work through the items, and catch up on anything missed.
ProtectionMarking something as not applicable
Take an item off what Paddl expects of your business, for one site or all of them, with a reason that stays on record.
TroubleshootingStaff did not get the task or notification
Why a rule fired but the person did not see the task or alert.
Getting StartedYour Dashboard: Readiness and Requires attention
What Home shows when you sign in: how ready each site is for an inspection, the official food hygiene rating, and the four lists of what needs you.
OperationsLate and missed tasks
When a task becomes overdue, when it becomes missed, what "missed in the busiest hour" means, and how to resolve one.
TroubleshootingEquipment is missing or not raising service alerts
A fridge that will not appear when logging temperatures, or a service reminder that never arrives, usually comes down to its status.
Getting StartedSmart Document Uploads & AI Setup
Upload your existing paperwork and let Paddl read it to build your allergens, HACCP, knowledge base, and more.
Getting StartedFinding Your Way Around
The sidebar and its sections, searching for any page, the Settings home, the bar at the bottom of a phone screen, and what the colours of Paddl's messages mean.
Compliance & Food SafetyRecording Pest Control
Routine pest checks, sightings and contractor visits on the Pest control chip of the Records page, with visit reports under Documents.
Team ChatBroadcasts and acknowledgements
Send one message to everyone, a site, a group, a role or an employment type, and get a report of who read it and who acknowledged it.
Compliance & Food SafetyHealth & Safety Records
One page for the accident book, incidents, near-misses, fitness to work and your health and safety policy, with RIDDOR in brief.
OperationsCreate your first automation
Use a starter template to set up a working rule in a couple of minutes.
TroubleshootingI cannot type a decimal point in a number field
Why a number field would not accept 1.5 or a half, and how to get it working.
Compliance & Food SafetyLogging Temperature Checks
Log fridge, freezer, cooking, and hot-holding temperatures, with the safe ranges and what to do when a reading is out.
OperationsAdd manager notes to the handover report
Leave attributed notes on the day's handover so the next shift knows what changed.
OperationsConfirming and cancelling Paddy actions
Ask Paddy always shows you what it is about to do and waits for you to confirm. Here is how that works and what gets recorded.
TroubleshootingWe keep getting logged out on a tablet
Why a shared tablet seemed to log itself out or "expire" mid-shift, and how the device PIN replaces that.
Compliance & Food SafetyTurning an EHO Report into an Action Plan
Upload the inspection report under Documents, let Paddy draft action points from it, and track each one to closure.
Alerts & NotificationsThe Inbox
What lands in the Inbox tab of the bell, who sees it, and how each item clears.
TroubleshootingWeather or tide data looks wrong or missing
What to check when the check-in panel has no weather, wind or tide.
Alerts & NotificationsNotification Settings
Choose what notifies you and how, set quiet hours, and get a message to the whole team.
Account & BillingSetting Up Regions
Group your locations into regions for cleaner multi-site management on enterprise accounts.
Alerts & NotificationsUnfilled shift alerts
When Paddl tells you a published shift has nobody on it, how the till changes the order, and how the alert clears.
OperationsStaff Inductions
Set up an induction so new starters complete the right steps and sign the right documents on day one.
OperationsSupplier Approval
Record when you approved each supplier and when to review them, and clear the Supplier approval chip on the Food Safety Records page.
Account & BillingRegional & Unit Settings
Choose temperature units and date format, and understand how your country changes the app.
TroubleshootingThe till is not syncing
Work through a Square connection that shows an error, was revoked, or has stopped sending takings.
Compliance & Food SafetyLicensing Records
The weekly licensing check, Challenge 25 training and your licence documents, and the incidents a licensing officer will ask about.
Compliance & Food SafetyLocation Monitoring: Noise, Capacity & Refusals
One Records page for sound readings, capacity and refusals, which matter most for pubs, bars, nightclubs and late venues.
OperationsDocuments and Staff Sign-Off
Upload certificates, policies and reports by category, track expiry and review dates, require staff signatures, and let AI extract key data from what you upload.
Mobile AppSigning In, Face ID & Shared Tablets
Use Face ID or a fingerprint, stay signed in, and unlock a shared tablet with its device PIN instead of signing back in.
OperationsLetting Paddy suggest a week
Ask Paddy to draft a week of open shifts against the demand band and your labour target. It never publishes.
TroubleshootingI hit a limit or got a payment prompt
Being stopped from adding a location, a user, or a file usually means you have reached what your current plan includes.
TroubleshootingAsk Paddy cannot answer a question or will not do something
Why Paddy comes back with nothing, why it sometimes declines an action on purpose, and what to do about each.
Getting StartedInviting and Managing Team Members
Invite staff, choose roles, organise people into groups, and understand what each role can do.
TroubleshootingA temperature log or report is missing
If a reading or report you expected is not in the records, check where and how it was logged before assuming it was lost.
TroubleshootingReview with Paddy on my HACCP plan is not doing what I expect
Why Review with Paddy may suggest nothing, why you might not be able to apply a change, and how to avoid ending up with a duplicate plan.
TroubleshootingA routine is not showing up in the app
Work through the most likely reasons a routine is missing from a staff member's app, starting with the one that catches people out most.
ProtectionCustomer Complaints
Log complaints, categorise them, link a corrective action, and track resolution so patterns surface early.
ProtectionMonitoring Customer Reviews
Bring your reviews into Paddl, read the AI sentiment and themes, catch compliance flags, and see who was on shift.
Compliance & Food SafetyThe Fire Log Book
Weekly alarm tests, emergency lighting, extinguisher and fire door checks, and drills: one routine category, exported as its own section.
Mobile AppReviewing Records & Sign-Offs (Manager)
Review submitted records, chase sign-offs and clear handovers from manager mode, and find the same list as the Inbox in the admin panel.
Compliance & Food SafetyInspection Readiness
One ring per inspector, one page per inspector grouped by what they score, your visits and internal audits, and the audit pack from the header.
OperationsDelivery Notes
Turn a supplier's order confirmation or delivery note into a due delivery, with every product linked to your allergen chart.
OperationsPPM Certificates under Documents
Complete a planned maintenance visit with its certificate attached and Paddl files it under Documents, with an expiry worked out from the interval.
Team ChatTurning a message into a job, a task or a report
A photo of a fault does not need retyping: turn the message into a maintenance job, a quick task, a handover note or a report, and the thread follows it.
Compliance & Food SafetyHow Do I Review or Update My HACCP Plan?
Use Review with Paddy to check an existing HACCP plan against your current menu, allergens and chemicals, accept the changes you want, and record a review.
OperationsThe Calendar
See tasks, equipment servicing, maintenance, and appointments on one calendar, and subscribe to it.
OperationsStaff Training & Compliance
Assign training modules, run assessments and certificates, manage renewals, and read the compliance matrix.
Team ChatExports, retention, legal hold and privacy
Export a conversation as a PDF for an inspector or a solicitor, set how long messages are kept, and understand when an owner can open a direct message.
Compliance & Food SafetyRecords: Checks, Reports and Evidence
The three kinds of record Paddl keeps, where each one lives, and what a dot or a missing row is telling you.
TroubleshootingA maintenance job is not showing, or nobody was told
A job that will not appear on somebody phone, an assignment that told nobody, or a request that never became a job.
Getting StartedLogging In and Troubleshooting Access
Log in, switch accounts, reset a password, and fix the most common access problems.
OperationsManaging Visitors
Log visitors quickly or send a self sign-in link, capture badge details, and keep an on-site record.
OperationsAreas & Rooms
Divide a venue into the places work actually happens: the cellar, the customer WC, or all sixty guest rooms.
OperationsClosing a Site for a Period
Tell Paddl a location is shut between two dates so no tasks are created for those days, and clear any that already were.
OperationsAssigning Maintenance Work
Give a job to a person, a team or a contractor, and make sure the person it lands on is told.
Getting StartedYour Profile & Security
Change your name, email, and password, set a profile photo, and turn on two-factor authentication.
OperationsWhat the till sync brings in
What Paddl reads from Square, how often, how long a day keeps settling, and which features each figure feeds.
OperationsConditions explained
How weather conditions work, and how combining them controls when a rule fires.
Alerts & NotificationsUnderstanding Alerts
What Paddl alerts mean, how they are raised, and how to clear them before an inspection.
ProtectionTax Reliefs
Answer a few questions and let Paddl estimate the tax reliefs your business may be leaving unclaimed.
Compliance & Food SafetyReporting Incidents, Accidents & Near-Misses
File incidents, accidents and near-misses on the Health & safety page, review them, and keep the evidence insurers and inspectors expect.
Mobile AppCompleting Training on the App
Work through assigned training modules, pass the assessment, and find your certificates, even offline.
TroubleshootingA routine is not generating any tasks at all
When a routine creates no tasks for anyone, the cause is usually the routine setup itself rather than who can see it.
Account & BillingSwitching Between Businesses & Adding a New One
Use the business switcher to move between businesses you belong to, and add a new business with its own billing.
Mobile AppUploading Your Certificates & Documents
Add a food hygiene or first aid certificate, a training record, or an ID document to your own profile from the app, with expiry reminders.
TroubleshootingA staff member is blocked from a task or area
Some tasks and areas are gated behind required training or a role, so a block is often working as intended until the requirement is met.
TroubleshootingA routine is showing up twice
A duplicated routine almost always means it has been assigned in two overlapping ways to the same person.
Mobile AppThe App for Contractors
How contractors sign in, keep credentials current, sign documents, see their events, and track their hours.
Mobile AppLogging Checks & Reports on the App
Use the Report tab to file deliveries, temperatures, accidents, incidents, fitness to work, complaints and maintenance: the same list as the admin panel.
Getting StartedAdmin Panel vs Mobile App
When to use the admin panel and when to use the app, and how managers move between them.
Compliance & Food SafetyGenerating & Signing Off Your SFBB Pack
Generate a Safer Food Better Business pack, assign it, sign off, and stay current with regulatory updates.
OperationsMaintenance Jobs & Appointments
How a reported fault becomes a booked job, gets a deadline, and is tracked through to done.
OperationsThe demand band on the rota
The strip under each rota day shows how busy the site usually is, hour by hour, from up to thirteen weeks of takings.