Maddy, take control of labour costs across Simmons Bars, before they hit your margin

Running finance across a London hospitality business is getting increasingly complex – we get it.

With rising costs and an ops-led CEO, expectations on control and performance are only increasing.

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The financial challenges of running people operations for 15 bars in London

Volatility

Demand shifts can impact the ability to reliably deliver against revenue targets

Forecast Risk

Forecasts are imperfect, making labour variance hard to predict

Labour Costs

Labour spend can increase before it is visible in reporting

Visibility

By the time hours hit payroll and P&L, it’s already too late

And the list goes on…

As a CFO, you already know that labour is one of your biggest costs – but often the least predictable. So instead of being fully in control, you’re often looking backwards – explaining variance rather than preventing it.

And more reports don’t necessarily create more control – they don’t stop overspend, highlight where spend is leaking, or make it easier to have targeted conversations with operations.

But… it doesn’t have to be that way

Is this you?

Revenue targets aren’t always met, even when trading feels strong
You lack visibility of how labour spend is performing against forecast
You’re often reacting to labour costs after they’ve already impacted performance
Issues only surface when you see the P&L - making it harder to engage operations

Would you like to…?

Deliver against revenue targets with greater consistency and confidence
Maintain clear visibility and control over labour spend against forecast
Proactively manage labour costs before they affect performance
Enable better alignment with operations & confidence in payroll and compliance

Turn labour into a controllable cost

RTrack labour cost vs sales day‑by‑day
RIdentify overspend early, while it’s still preventable
RMove from retrospective reporting to real-time control

Get Finance & Operations on the same page

RAlign rota decisions with commercial targets
REnsure labour plans reflect your P&L, before the shift even starts
RReduce variance between forecasted and actual labour cost

Reduce costly payroll and compliance risk

RAccurate payroll with full audit trails
RBuilt-in safeguards for Working Time Directive and pay compliance
RReduce manual processes and month-end pressure

How Little Door & Co moved from reactive reporting to daily financial control

“It’s about being on top of those pennies that create the pound. S4labour enables us to control the business and have visibility so clearly laid out that it pays back every single month.”

Ronald Holmberg

Operations Director, Little Door & Co

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