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The Fire Log Book
Weekly alarm tests, emergency lighting, extinguisher and fire door checks, and drills: one routine category, exported as its own section.
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.
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.
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 StartedInviting and Managing Team Members
Invite staff, choose roles, organise people into groups, and understand what each role can do.
Getting StartedSmart Document Uploads & AI Setup
Upload your existing paperwork and let Paddl read it to build your allergens, HACCP, knowledge base, and more.
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.
OperationsImporting Data with CSV
Bulk-load equipment, suppliers, and allergens from a spreadsheet, with Paddy reading it for you, instead of adding them one at a time.
OperationsManaging Contractors
Set credential requirements, invite contractors, review their documents, and control access with events.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Compliance & Food SafetyAllergen Matrix
Build an accurate allergen matrix with AI, track may-contain and removable allergens, import in bulk, and keep it current.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Compliance & Food SafetyGenerating an Audit Pack
Pull all your compliance documents into one downloadable ZIP, ready to hand to an EHO or inspector.
OperationsEquipment Management
Track equipment, schedule servicing and PAT testing, attach manuals, and link items to your HACCP controls.
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.
Getting StartedGetting Started with Paddl
Set up your account, configure your business, invite your team, and get your first checks running.
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.
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.
Mobile AppDownloading the Paddl App
Where to get the Paddl Assist app and how to log in the first time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mobile AppManager Mode on the Mobile App
Switch into manager mode for an overview of your team, compliance, sign-offs, and quick reporting.
Mobile AppYour Compliance & Profile in the App
See your own training, documents, certificates, and compliance score, and change your app settings.
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.
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.
Mobile AppTeam & Compliance Oversight (Manager)
See each staff member's compliance, drill into the detail, track visitors on site, and check section status.
Mobile AppThe App for Contractors
How contractors sign in, keep credentials current, sign documents, see their events, and track their hours.
OperationsExporting & Printing Your Records
Where to find the export, download and print options across Paddl, including the per-chip export on every Records page, and which format each gives you.
OperationsStaff Inductions
Set up an induction so new starters complete the right steps and sign the right documents on day one.
Getting StartedAdmin Panel vs Mobile App
When to use the admin panel and when to use the app, and how managers move between them.
Getting StartedSetting Up Your Business Profile & Locations
Configure business details, add each venue, and set opening hours, timezones, and monitoring thresholds.
Compliance & Food SafetyPAT Testing
PAT certificates live under Documents in the PAT Testing category, linked to the equipment they cover, with retest reminders.
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.
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.
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.