Aquaint Blog

Looking for a Leafe alternative? See why hospitality teams like Fox Pub and Proud Hospitality switched to Aquaint for compliance and comms.

A practical guide to handling and logging food safety incidents in UK hospitality, from allergen reactions to contamination and temperature breaches.

A complete fire safety checklist for UK pubs, restaurants and hotels. Covers daily, weekly and monthly checks under the Fire Safety Order 2005.

Learn how the due diligence defence under the Food Safety Act 1990 protects UK food businesses, and what records you need to prove it.

Is the paper SFBB pack holding your venue back? Discover why digital compliance tools replace and extend Safer Food Better Business.

A self-audit checklist covering the 5 EHO scoring areas. Score your venue before an inspection and fix issues before the officer arrives.

How to manage allergen compliance in your hospitality venue. Covers Natasha's Law, the 14 allergens, common failures, and why paper matrices fall short.

Learn what COSHH means for your hospitality business, which substances are covered, and how to stay compliant with our 8-step assessment guide.

Cook to 75C for 30 seconds. Reheat to 75C. These are the FSA cooking temperatures every UK kitchen needs to know - plus time/temperature equivalents and logging rules.

Hot holding temperature in the UK is 63C or above. Drop below? You get 2 hours. Once. This guide covers the rules, the timers, and what your EHO checks.

What temperature should a restaurant fridge be? 5C or below. Freezer? -18C or colder. The full UK food safety guide with logging rules, corrective actions and free checklist.

Comparing Food Alert vs Aquaint for UK hospitality compliance. Mobile-first checklists, HACCP temp logs, allergen tracking and team comms from £72/site/month. No consultancy bundled in.

Comparing Trail vs Aquaint for hospitality compliance. See why brands like Rola Wala, Honest Crust and Brickhouse Social switched from Trail to a mobile-first alternative.

Paper vs digital compliance for restaurants, pubs and hotels. The real costs of paper checklists, what you gain by going digital, and how to make the switch.

The daily, weekly and monthly compliance reports every UK hospitality venue should run. Covers food safety, HACCP, temperature logs, allergens and incident management.

What to include in a RIDDOR report for hospitality venues. Which incidents must be reported, deadlines, required details, and how to avoid common mistakes.

Download a free HACCP plan template built for UK hospitality. Covers all 9 process steps, CCPs, temperature controls and allergens. Updated for 2026.

A ready-made new starter welcome guide for hospitality teams. Covers onboarding checklists, training records, compliance basics and first-week structure. Free to download.

The 47-point EHO inspection checklist for UK restaurants, pubs and cafes. Covers food hygiene, safety, structural compliance and record-keeping. Free PDF download included.

How the Autumn Budget 2025 affects UK restaurants, pubs and hotels. NI increases, minimum wage rises and business rates changes, plus practical ways to protect margins.

Every UK food safety temperature in one chart. Fridge 0-5C, freezer -18C, hot hold 63C+, cook to 75C. Includes logging rules, corrective actions and a printable kitchen checklist.

From keg deliveries in the 90s to pharmacy compliance software in 51% of UK pharmacies, to building hospitality's workflow app. Meet the team behind Aquaint.

6 restaurant marketing ideas backed by real examples. From Google review strategies and local SEO to UGC campaigns and seasonal menus that drive footfall.

Martyn's Law (the Protect Duty) explained for pubs, restaurants and event venues. Who it applies to, what's required, and how to log compliance without the paperwork.

Gone are the days of dull loading icons. Now, you’ll be joined by a mammoth on a mission, a giraffe with big ambitions, and a camel who knows exactly where she’s going.

Aquaint has raised £200k in pre-seed funding led by Praetura Ventures. Here's what it means for the product, the team and the hospitality operators we serve.

How Aquaint's site scoring works. Compliance task completion, temperature logs and team performance combined into one score. Benchmark venues and spot issues before your EHO does.

How Manchester's Drunk Panda Group switched from Trail to Aquaint at Brickhouse Social. Real results from a mobile-first compliance app built for multi-site hospitality.

10 Aquaint features most teams miss. From automated site scoring and training records to GDPR-safe messaging and document e-signatures. Quick wins to get more from the app.

The 14 allergens every UK food business must declare by law. Covers Natasha's Law, staff training requirements, record-keeping and how to manage allergens across multiple sites.

7 practical strategies for independent restaurants to protect margins during the cost of living crisis. Covers pricing, supplier negotiation, waste reduction and revenue diversification.

Dog-friendly venue searches are up 1,166% in 10 years. Here's how to set up dog-friendly areas, train staff, market your venue and tap into the UK's 13 million dog owners.

The state of gender equality in UK hospitality. Pay gap data, leadership representation, flexible working policies and a practical checklist for operators.

If there's one thing we've learned in recent times, it's that the UK's weather can be as unpredictable as ever.

UK restaurants print 811 million bills a year. That's 14,437 trees. Here's how hospitality venues are cutting paper waste with digital checklists, compliance apps and EPOS systems.

Step-by-step guide to uploading your own checklists, importing staff lists and using the Aquaint template library. Get your team onboarded 10x faster.