Rota software for managed pub groups
Wet-led venues live or die on weather, local fixtures, and Sundays. MiseOrbit forecasts demand by venue and daypart, then builds the rota for you — so the cellar, bar, kitchen, and floor are staffed for the night you actually get.
Pubs have the highest demand variance of any segment in UK hospitality. A sunny beer-garden Saturday, a cup tie at a local ground, a sudden rain shower in October — each one shifts covers and wet sales by 10–30%. Generic rota software cannot keep up. MiseOrbit was built specifically to handle this volatility for groups operating 3–50 sites.
Why scheduling is harder than it should be in pubs
Weather flips your forecast in two hours
Beer gardens can take a venue from £6k to £14k on the same calendar day. A 4-week rolling average has no idea this is happening, so you end up understaffed at peak and overstaffed when it cools down.
Local fixtures, gigs, and events change everything
Premier League home matches, rugby internationals, music venues nearby — the same Saturday in October can mean four different demand profiles depending on what is happening within a mile of the front door.
Sundays do not fit a midweek shape
Sunday roast venues need different cellar prep, different kitchen lead times, different FOH cover than a midweek shift — but rotas are often built from Wednesday's shape and copy-pasted.
GMs publish rotas late and miss break rules
Multi-site Ops Directors lose Tuesday morning chasing rotas. When they finally land, breaks are off, clopens have crept in, and the team is annoyed before the week starts.
Built for the operating reality of pubs
Weather and event drivers in the forecast
Each site's forecast pulls a regional weather feed and a local-event lookup, so a sunny Sunday with a derby match generates a different rota from a wet Sunday with no fixture — automatically.
One-click auto-build by daypart and role
Bar, FOH, cellar, kitchen, runner — staffed at the right level for opening, the lunch rush, the afternoon lull, and the night peak. WTR and break rules applied at build time.
Free staff app for swaps and open shifts
Cover the Friday close when somebody calls in sick: Team Hub broadcasts the open shift, eligible staff claim it from their phone, manager approves with one tap.
What you get on day one
Multi-site portfolio dashboard
See labour vs sales across every venue in one screen. Spot the site running 33% labour at 11am on a Saturday before it ruins the night.
POS + payroll integrations
Connect your EPOS and UK payroll provider in days. Actuals flow back into the forecast loop — no manual exports.
WTR / NMW / break compliance baked in
UK Working Time, National Minimum Wage, break and rest rules enforced at build time. No rota goes out with a clopen.
ROI-led onboarding
Mid-market customers are typically fully onboarded, synced, and building their first schedules within 7 to 14 days. Setup of the underlying platform is under 48 hours.
Hospitality operators on MiseOrbit
500+
venues running on MiseOrbit
“MiseOrbit transformed how we manage our 12 sites. We reduced labour costs by 8% in the first quarter while improving service quality.”
Common pubs questions
Will MiseOrbit work for a small pub group with 3–5 sites?+
Yes. The flat per-location pricing and 7–14 day onboarding window are designed for this size operator specifically. You do not need an internal IT team to roll out — most groups go live with their existing GMs as the platform owners.
Does the forecast really know about local events?+
Yes. The forecast pulls local-event signals as part of the demand model. We will walk you through how it picks up a specific home fixture, gig, or local festival for one of your sites during the demo.
What about wet-led vs food-led pubs?+
Forecast and rota build are configured per site, so a wet-led city-centre pub and a food-led country gastropub in the same group get different demand patterns and different role mixes. The dashboard rolls them up to the group.
We tried scheduling software before and the team hated the app.+
Fair. The Team Hub mobile app is free for staff and the swap, leave, and open-shift flows are designed to be one-tap. We will let you trial it with one site team before rolling it out across the group.
Ready to tighten your labour across every site?
Book a 30-minute demo. We will run a forecast on your real venues during the call.