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How to Prepare Your Business for Large Sports Viewings & Gatherings

Showing live sports: the essential guide to maximising floor space in sports bars and other venues showing televised sports and live events.

How Wicks Barbershop uses integrated tools to create a seamless customer and employee experience

Important Cash Register Features for Small Businesses

The cash register and point of sale (POS) systems are the heart of taking payments. Find out which is best for your business, here.

What POS hardware accessories do I need for my business?

Learn more about the accessories that modern point of sale systems require, taking your business operations to the next level.

Buying a POS Register for your Hospitality Business

Read the Square guide on how to pick the best POS register for your hospitality business as we answer the most popular queries.

What is Ecommerce Automation?

Ecommerce automation means using software and sometimes hardware instead of human staff. Used properly, it can make your business a lot more efficient.

How Square Stand Can Help Your Business Grow

When you think about ways to build your business, you might tinker with your product offerings or revise your marketing plan. But what about upgrading your hardware?

What Is a Customer-Facing Display and Why Do You Need One?

Customer displays allow customers to view their order, discounts, and loyalty information during the checkout process. Find out more about the benefits, here.

Different Types of Credit: Everything You Need to Know

Whether you’re starting a business or wanting to scale and grow, you may need additional finance to fund it. Learn about the different types of credit available.

How Popular Plant-Based Fast-Food Restaurant Vegan Shack Experienced approx. 130% Growth YoY

Discover how Square’s integrated solutions assisted them with increasing sales by 45% and transactions by 56% in one year.

What is Buy Now Pay Later and How Does It Work?

A simple guide to what you need to know about buy now pay later. Understand what it is, how it works and what it can do for your business.

How to Use BNPL to Drive More Sales Online

Buy now pay later (BNPL) can help you both to increase conversion and raise average order value. Here are some tips on how to use BNPL to drive more sales online.

How to Promote BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later)

BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) makes it easy for merchants to offer credit to customers who don’t have credit cards. Offering BNPL can boost your business’ growth.

How To Set Up and Date An Effective Returns Policy

An effective returns policy can help drive customers to your business and build loyalty. Read our guide to setting up an efficient and appealing returns system.

10 Ways to Grow Your Business with Square Invoices

Small business invoicing doesn’t have to be a tedious chore. With Square Invoices, it can be a way to grow your business and improve customer relationships.

6 ideas to promote your products when consumer spending is down

It’s important to promote your products effectively, particularly when consumers are being careful with their cash. Here are 6 cost-effective ideas to help.

Bread Ahead Competition Official Rules

The Future of Professional Services

How to Train Summer Hospitality Staff Quickly

In summer, hospitality businesses need to take on a lot of temporary staff. Here are some tips on how to train hospitality staff quickly and effectively.

How to Streamline Bar Operations to Cope with Staff Shortages

Working smarter not harder is key to thriving in a labour market shortage. We reveal five ways you can streamline your bar operations without compromising on service.

What is a Corkage Fee?

What a corkage fee is and why it’s charged. What to think about before you decide whether to charge a corkage fee. How much to charge as a corkage fee.

Baking Business Ideas: 12 Delicious Bakery Ideas to Make You Money

Baking business ideas: 12 delicious bakery ideas to make money from baking and home baking. Turn your baking skills into a side hustle or a full-time business.

What Is Two-Factor Authentication? And How Does It Help Secure Your Business?

Online business security is more important than ever these days, as more businesses rely on cloud-based services for everything from point-of-sale to email, banking and accounting.

7 Tips To Optimise Your Restaurant Menu With Square

Your menu can be a useful tool in driving revenue and bringing new customers to your restaurant. Here are some tips on optimising your menu with Square.

What Is an EORI Number and How to Get One

All GB-based businesses need an EORI number if they want to import and export goods to the EU – here’s our guide on the basics and how to get one

11 Tips for Creating a Powerful Instagram Marketing Strategy for Your Business

Follow our tips to create an Instagram marketing strategy that helps you get followers, grow your business online and get direct sales

8 Benefits of an Online Booking System for Your Business

Online booking systems can streamline your operations, improve profitability and aid cash flow. Here’s how they can benefit your business.

Managing Supply Chain Disruptions: A Guide for Small Businesses

How This Experiential Drink-and-Do Venue Manages Its Operations With One Integrated System

“It makes life much easier that the direct integration with Square does most of the heavy lifting for us”

Bank Transfers: What They Are and How to Do Them

For business owners, moving money quickly to your bank account can make the difference in paying your bills on time or not. What is a bank transfer? Are there limits? How do you transfer money from one bank account to another?

How to Take Card Payments Over the Phone

Need to take card payments on the phone? Square’s Virtual Terminal can help.

Beauty Client Communication: Tips and Tools for Your Business

These client relationship tools will help you handle your communications, automate appointments, and save time managing a team.

How to Create an Online Marketing Strategy for your Restaurant

How businesses in the food and beverage sector can create an effective restaurant marketing plan even on the tightest of budgets.

Guide to Outdoor Dining for Restaurants

Follow these tips to find out how to equip your restaurant for al fresco eating.

Opening a Barbershop: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

If you’re opening a barbershop or looking into a second or third location, this guide will walk you through all the information you need to know.

Signing up with Square: Tips for Success

Choosing Square is the ideal way to transform your payments process. Here’s our guide on how to onboard with Square.