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Unfilled shift alerts

When Paddl tells you a published shift has nobody on it, how the till changes the order, and how the alert clears.

COSHH Management

Keep a digital COSHH register with safety data sheets, hazard info, PPE, and first aid for every chemical.

Food Safety & Hygiene Records

See completed temperature, cleaning, and food safety checks, with completion status and filters.

The 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.

How 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.

Letting Paddy suggest a week

Ask Paddy to draft a week of open shifts against the demand band and your labour target. It never publishes.

Entering 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.

What the till sync brings in

What Paddl reads from Square, how often, how long a day keeps settling, and which features each figure feeds.

Mapping Square locations to your sites

Pair each Square location with the Paddl site it feeds, and what happens to the locations you leave unmapped.

Your Profile & Security

Change your name, email, and password, set a profile photo, and turn on two-factor authentication.

Assigning Maintenance Work

Give a job to a person, a team or a contractor, and make sure the person it lands on is told.

What 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.

Planned 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.

Publishing a rota, and what the notice counter means

What staff see when you publish, and why Paddl records how much notice each change gave.

Approving hours and timesheets

How Paddl works out what was worked, what the flags mean, and how to correct a line.

Managing Contractors

Set credential requirements, invite contractors, review their documents, and control access with events.

Closing 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.

Create your first automation

Use a starter template to set up a working rule in a couple of minutes.

Eligibility warnings on the rota

What each warning means, and why Paddl warns you rather than stopping you.

Equipment Management

Track equipment, schedule servicing and PAT testing, attach manuals, and link items to your HACCP controls.

Knowledge 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.

Documents and Staff Sign-Off

Upload policies, require staff signatures, track sign-off, and let AI extract key data from what you upload.

Smart Document Uploads & AI Setup

Upload your existing paperwork and let Paddl read it to build your allergens, HACCP, knowledge base, and more.

Understanding Alerts

What Paddl alerts mean, how they are raised, and how to clear them before an inspection.

Insurance, Licences & Lease Renewals

Store insurance, licences, and lease documents, let AI pull out the key terms, and never miss a renewal.

Risk Assessments

Generate or write risk assessments, require staff sign-off, and keep them reviewed on schedule.

PAT Testing

Store PAT certificates against your equipment, track retest dates, and schedule testing visits.

Recording Pest Control

Log routine pest checks, record sightings, and keep contractor visit reports ready for inspection.

How Do I Review or Update My HACCP Plan?

Use Review with AI to check an existing HACCP plan against your current menu, allergens and chemicals, apply the suggested changes, and sign off a review.

A 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.

I 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.

My automation did not fire

Work through the usual reasons a rule did not run or create its task.

Logging Temperature Checks

Log fridge, freezer, cooking, and hot-holding temperatures, with the safe ranges and what to do when a reading is out.

Setting Up Your Business Profile & Locations

Configure business details, add each venue, and set opening hours, timezones, and monitoring thresholds.

A 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.

Getting Started with Paddl

Set up your account, configure your business, invite your team, and get your first checks running.

Generating an Audit Pack

Pull all your compliance documents into one downloadable ZIP, ready to hand to an EHO or inspector.

Creating, 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.