Remember the paper loyalty card? The one that lived at the bottom of your wallet, slowly turning into papier-mâché, missing exactly one stamp away from a free coffee you’d never claim? Yeah. We don’t miss it either. The good news is that loyalty in 2026 looks a lot less like a soggy bit of cardboard…
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Picture it: a clear Tuesday afternoon, your stencil’s ready, your machine’s humming, and your 2pm client is… not coming. No call, no text, no apology – just an empty chair where three hours of rent-paying ink should be. If that scene makes your eye twitch, you’re not alone. No-shows are the single biggest gripe in…
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Food is the most basic of human rights. We humans, don’t need much encouragement to want food. Shopping for it, making it, eating it, and thinking about getting more food. We are, naturally, hard-wired for food. And yet, over the decades, the food manufacturing industry has turned our desire for food into an engineered event….
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So you’ve got Square. You’re taking card payments by tapping a little white reader, your sales reports look tidy, and you feel vaguely like a proper business owner whenever the receipt prints. Lovely. But here’s the slightly awkward question nobody’s asked you yet: where’s your app for Square POS? Because right now, your customers can…
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Spoiler: yes. But let’s talk about why… and more importantly, how to actually pull it off without becoming a tech wizard overnight. Here’s the thing about audio content in 2026: there are now 619 million podcast listeners worldwide, and streaming audio is growing faster than OTT video. Your audience is already glued to their earbuds….
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There are two kinds of coffee shop in 2026. There’s the kind that’s fighting Starbucks with better beans, nicer vibes, and a genuinely good flat white. And there’s the kind that’s also fighting Starbucks with better beans, nicer vibes, a genuinely good flat white, and an independent coffee shop app that pings customers at 8:47am…
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Spoiler: the answer is yes, and the gap between shops that have one and shops that don’t is getting wider by the month. We know, we know. You’ve heard “go mobile” so many times it’s started to sound like a ringtone you can’t switch off. But 2026 is different. Mobile commerce is now projected to…
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You’ve passed your quals. You’ve built a client base through word of mouth, sweated through Instagram Reels demonstrating kettlebell swings, and somehow managed to keep track of everyone’s programming via a WhatsApp group that now contains 47 unread messages, a rogue meme from a client called Gary, and zero actual bookings. Sound familiar? We thought…
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You’ve got Square. You’ve got the card reader, maybe the loyalty programme, possibly even the fancy receipt printer that makes you feel extremely professional. So why on earth would you need your own app? Great question. And it’s one we hear all the time from Square businesses who are perfectly happy with the tools they’ve…
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Let’s paint a picture. You’ve spent years perfecting your holiday property. The welcome hamper is chef’s kiss. The views are stunning. The Wi-Fi password is printed neatly on a little card. And yet, your guests are booking through Airbnb, paying a 15.5% platform fee that comes out of your pocket, and you don’t even have…
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