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Business Pulse for hospitality

Peter Allen builds the budget for your year with you, sets your management accounts against it every quarter or every month, and meets you to decide what to change.

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A year of takings against the budget

Example figures for a pub with a kitchen, after the third quarter's review.

Jan
Budget £52kActual £48k
Feb
Budget £55kActual £53k
Mar
Budget £62kActual £64k
Apr
Budget £66kActual £63k
May
Budget £72kActual £75k
Jun
Budget £78kActual £74k
Jul
Budget £84kActual £88k
Aug
Budget £86kActual £83k
Sep
Budget £70kActual £71k
Oct
Budget £66kTo come
Nov
Budget £70kTo come
Dec
Budget £92kTo come
Budget Takings at or above budget Takings below budget

January to September: takings £619k against a budget of £625k. The review looks at the five months that ran under budget, and at the budget of £92k for December.

Peter Allen, co-founder and Finance Director of Buzz

The review with Peter

Each quarter, or each month on the monthly plan, Peter goes through the management accounts with you: takings against the budget, gross profit on food and drink, the wage bill as a share of sales, and cash for the twelve months ahead.

You leave with the actions agreed for the next quarter or month. Between meetings your figures and those actions are in Buzz OS.

Prices

Business Pulse, quarterly

from£375+ VAT a month

The budget for the year, quarterly management accounts and cash flow forecast, and a 90-minute review with Peter every quarter.

Business Pulse, monthly

from£499+ VAT a month

The same every month, with a 60-minute review and priority support between meetings.

An outsourced finance team for a group costs from £750 + VAT a month for a finance manager, from £1,500 + VAT a month for a financial controller and from £2,000 + VAT a month for a finance director. For multi-site groups

How Business Pulse runs

The budget for the year

Takings, gross profit on food and drink, wages and fixed costs, built from last year's figures and the changes you know are coming, such as the National Living Wage rising to £13.21 in April 2027.

Management accounts and forecast

Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash set against the budget with written commentary, and the 12-month cash flow forecast rolled forward with VAT, PAYE and Corporation Tax.

The review

A 90-minute meeting each quarter or a 60-minute meeting each month with Peter, ending with the actions for the next period.

Questions about Business Pulse

What happens at the review?

The quarterly plan has a 90-minute meeting each quarter and the monthly plan a 60-minute meeting each month. You go through performance, cash and the decisions ahead, and leave with the actions agreed for the next period.

Who do we meet?

Peter Allen, co-founder and Finance Director of Buzz. He builds the plan with you and runs every review.

What do you need from us?

Access to Xero, with the till's daily sales summary posting into it, and your payroll. The management accounts are built from there.

Buzz Financial Planning tools and guides

Buzz Financial Planning is a trading style of Buzz Accounting Ltd (company 15182358). Financial planning is not regulated financial advice.

Book a free review

Send us last year's accounts and a month of till reports. Peter will show you what the plan for your year would track.