Hospitality Staff Scheduling Software That Actually Works

Built for hospitality teams and operations leaders who are tired of spreadsheets, shift chaos, and staff no-shows.

  • Reduce staff costs
  • Improve team satisfaction
  • Ensure compliance
  • Never miss a beat on busy nights

Relieving Your Daily Hospitality Business Headaches

If you manage a restaurant, bar, café, maybe multiple venues, you will be juggling:
  • Staff calling in sick last minute
  • No-shows on Friday night
  • Outdated staff rotas on WhatsApp
  • Labour costs creeping up
  • Audits keeping you up at night
Sound familiar?

You're not alone and you're not the problem.
The system you're using is.

The 5 Biggest Hospitality Scheduling Problems – Solved

NextraSoft solves the 5 biggest challenges with hospitality scheduling software.

Meet Smart Forecasting.

NextraSoft uses real-time data from bookings, footfall, and seasonal trends to recommend ideal staffing levels.

  • No more guesswork
  • No more over/understaffed shifts
  • Optimise rota planning for peak periods
  • Forecast sales accurately to align staffing with demand

Rebuild Loyalty with Better Tools.

Empower your team with app-based access to shifts, easy shift swaps, and clear communication.

  • Improve employee management experience
  • Fewer no-shows and late dropouts
  • Boost team morale and retention - happier teams stay longer
  • Keep teams engaged with clear rotas and feedback

Automate the Admin Away.

Drag-and-drop hospitality staff scheduling software, smart templates, and live updates sent straight to staff.

  • Build rotas in just a few clicks
  • Save hours every week on admin time and tasks
  • Respond instantly to last-minute changes
  • Approve leave requests and timesheets in seconds

Stay Audit-Ready.

NextraSoft auto-enforces UK labour law and working time regs so you don’t have to.

  • Built for UK hospitality standards
  • Auto-track breaks, hours & manage overtime
  • Full audit trail with complete visibility and digital timesheets

Run Everything in One Place.

From rotas to payroll and reporting, NextraSoft keeps your operations aligned.

  • One platform for rota, time tracking, leave & payroll
  • Integrates with POS and HR tools
  • Everything backed up and mobile-ready

What Makes NextraSoft Different?

We’ve seen the “demo disappointment” before. This time, the system fits your business - not the other way around.
The Usual Way
  • Spreadsheets & WhatsApp
  • Guesswork
  • Staff frustration
  • Rigid systems
  • Partial fixes
The Nextra Way
  • Automated, smart hospitality rota software
  • Customer demand-based shift planning
  • Empowered employee experience
  • Tailored for your workflows
  • End-to-end workforce management

What Real Ops Managers Are Saying

Nextra
Nextra stood out instantly as our preferred partner. Their Time and Attendance system
catered for all our requirements, driving significant efficiencies for our business. They
delivered confidently, and even built us a pilot system as a proof of concept when we
requested one
Stephen Baker
Regional Manager Rhymney Brewery Ltd.
Nextra
Within days, we were hooked on the solution. It’s not just about the system; the whole
Nextra team worked together to deliver a solution that meets and exceeds our needs. I hope
this will be a life-long partnership.
Stephen Baker
Regional Manager Rhymney Brewery Ltd.
Time and Attendance

Implementation? We’ve Got You.

You’re busy and we respect that. So here’s how onboarding works:
  • We do the setup – Import staff rotas, roles & existing data
  • Your team gets trained – On-site or virtual
  • You get 1:1 support – Not ticket queues
  • We check in monthly – To make sure it’s working
Most teams are fully live in under 30 days.

Hospitality - Specific Features You'll Use Daily

  • Multi-venue management
  • Split shifts & role-based scheduling
  • Tips & service charge distribution
  • Peak-period planning & events coverage
  • Instant rota updates & shift cover alerts
  • Wage cost forecasting
  • Integration with payroll software & POS systems
Everything is built with UK hospitality scheduling software regs in mind. Mobile-ready for operations managers & employees alike.

Let’s Fix This – For Good

Hospitality scheduling software done right.
  • No more frantic shift cover
  • No more spreadsheet chaos
  • No more employee turnover surprises
  • No more compliance stress

Tailored Time & Attendance Software for Hospitality

Why Hospitality Needs Specialised Time Tracking

In hospitality, every shift and every minute matters. From front-of-house to kitchen, housekeeping to events, you need an accurate time and attendance system that’s as dynamic as your operation.

Our Time & Attendance module is a game changer, built with the hospitality sector in mind, helping you track attendance, control labour costs, and maintain service standards.

Hospitality staff often work variable hours, split shifts, overtime, or on zero-hour contracts. A generic attendance tool can’t always handle these complex patterns.

You want an adaptable workforce, and this means a server might also act as a bartender, or a staff member may switch between housekeeping and events. Your attendance system needs to handle multi-role shifts.

Staff changes, shift swaps, and cover requests are constant. Your system must adapt on the fly.

With busy foot traffic and flexible movement, 'buddy punching' or unapproved overtime can creep in. With Nextra time tracking reports, you can keep on top of thing.

Hospitality margins are tight and mistakes in pay or overtime can erode profits fast. Nextra's accurate attendance data will help you stay on top of labour costs.

hospitality staff
Employee Self-Service

The Impact on your Business

Up to 27% reduction in staffing costs through improved utilisation and elimination of hidden overpayments and payroll errors.

Reclaim dozens of admin hours every week, enabling your management team to focus on the guest experience instead of chasing timesheets or ensuring an accurate payroll.

Full audit-ready records - you'll never need to guess or reconcile manual timesheets again.

A system built to scale, whether you run one restaurant or a growing hospitality group.

How Accurate Data Improves the Hospitality Industry

Your staffing plan is only as good as your attendance accuracy. By integrating time and attendance tightly with your scheduling:

- You'll immediately spot understaffed shifts and gaps

- You'll prevent costly manual corrections post-shift

- You'll maintain visibility of labour cost vs predicted revenue

- You'll simplify payroll processing - there'll be no more manual adjustments or errors

With Nextra, you don’t need to stitch together multiple standalone tools. Everything works together smoothly - scheduling, attendance, absence, reporting - under one roof.
Reporting

From the Timesheet to the Taproom: How Rhymney Brewery Streamlined Workforce Management with Nextra

When Rhymney Brewery - a Welsh brewery and hospitality venue operating a busy taproom and events space - wanted to modernise staff scheduling, clocking, and payroll, it turned to Nextra.

Like many hospitality operators, thee challenge was clear: multiple roles, shifting rotas, late finishes, and paper-based timesheets that slowed down payroll accuracy. Managers needed a system that could keep up with real-world hospitality demands, something that delivered smarter scheduling, forecasting capabilities, and complete visibility across operations.  And find a partner that could tailor technology to their unique environment.

 

Challenges Before Nextra

  • Manual timesheets and paper-based records caused delays and payroll discrepancies. Their existing Time & Attendance system was manually intense and did not allow for differentiation between hourly and salaried employees.

  • Staff moved between brewery, taproom, and event operations, making attendance tracking complex.

  • Scheduling changes were frequent, especially around peak trading periods and seasonal events. Managers struggled with their multiple locations, at the same time as needing to reduce costs on employee payroll management. They also wanted to save time they spent managing and updating personal details of their employees.

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The Nextra Solution

  • Optimised Time & Attendance: Accurate, real-time tracking across multiple sites and roles.
  • Flexible Staff Scheduling: Seamless rota updates, shift swaps, and multi-role tracking for the bar, kitchen, and events teams.
  • Integrated Payroll Data: Eliminated manual calculations and dramatically reduced payroll processing time.
  • Proof-of-Concept Pilot: Nextra developed a tailored pilot system before roll out, ensuring every feature matched the brewery’s workflow.

The Results

  • Significant administrative time saved: managers now focus on service quality, not spreadsheets.

  • Increased accuracy and transparency: every clock-in/out is captured in real time so there are no missed hours.

  • Improved staff satisfaction: simple clocking and rota visibility from mobile or kiosk.

  • Faster payroll turnaround: payroll teams now process hours with confidence and with zero manual rechecks.

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Cut costs, not corners!

Eliminate unnecessary labor costs without compromising service quality—NextraSoft’s AI-driven workforce management platform automates scheduling, prevents overtime overspending, and ensures full compliance, helping businesses like yours save an average of 37% on staffing expenses while maintaining seamless operations.

Take your workforce to the next level

Rostering
Rostering
Design efficient shift patterns and assign them to each of your team members.
Time and Attendance
Time and Attendance
Calculate hours worked, overtime, sick leave and holidays, and manage flexible working schemes.
Employee Self-Service
Employee Self-Service
Empower your people to manage their own schedules and book leave.
Absence Management
Absence Management
Streamline your absence tracking processes, including leave booking, approvals and shortfall management.
Virtualk Terminal
Virtual Terminal
Make clocking in and out smoother, with enhanced security and accuracy.
Overtime
Demand Rostering
Our Demand Rostering platform dynamically generates optimised schedules that adapt in real-time to changing demands.
Skills Management
Skills Management
Identify, track and harness your employees’ skills to build a high performing, motivated team.
Geolocation
Geolocation
Reduce fraud and errors by accurately tracking the location of your workforce.
Reporting
Reporting
Use data on your workforce to create custom reports that facilitate intelligent decision-making.

Cut costs, not corners

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