EPOS Systems · Manchester
EPOS Systems Manchester
Smart Wave IT installs EPOS systems for Manchester restaurants, bars, cafes, retailers and multi-site hospitality groups. We cover Manchester city centre, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Bolton and Altrincham. Manchester's independent scene runs on volume in short windows: a Northern Quarter bar can take more covers between nine and eleven on a Saturday than a suburban restaurant takes all week, and a till that stutters at that point costs real money. We install EPOS Now hardware with the network behind it done properly, so the system holds up when the room is full. Same-day response, 4-hour SLA.
Why Manchester businesses pick us
Track record behind every epos install in Manchester.
- 700+
- UK installs
- 80+
- Europe rollouts
- 4 hrs
- SLA guarantee
- Same day
- Manchester response
EPOS, cabling, Wi-Fi and CCTV
across nine countries
vs 2-3 days industry standard
engineers across Greater Manchester
Manchester venues we install EPOS systems for
Manchester hospitality has a particular shape to it. Trade is concentrated into tight peaks, a lot of venues sit in converted industrial buildings that were never designed for cabling, and the independent operators who define the city often run two or three sites rather than one.
Typical Manchester EPOS installations include:
- Northern Quarter and Ancoats bars: fast-pour menus, tab management and split bills that keep a queue moving
- Restaurant EPOS across the city centre: table service, kitchen display screens and course timing
- Cafes and coffee shops: counter-service tills with delivery platform integration
- Retail EPOS on Market Street, in the Arndale and around Deansgate: barcode scanning and live stock control
- Student-facing venues near the universities: high transaction volume in short trading windows
- Multi-site groups expanding from one Manchester site to several: one menu, one report, one receipt design
What an EPOS installation with Smart Wave IT actually includes
The quote covers the whole job. Tills, kitchen screens, card integration, the cabling to reach them and the training to use them. There is no second invoice afterwards for the network that makes it work.
- EPOS Now hardware: touchscreen tills, cash drawers, Epson and Star receipt printers
- Kitchen display systems, including Kitchen Brains KDS for high-volume kitchens
- Integrated card payments and PDQ pairing
- Live stock control and supplier purchase ordering
- Cat6 cabling to every till and screen position, run by us, not subcontracted
- Wi-Fi configured for handheld ordering and pay-at-table, kept off the guest network
- On-site staff training before go-live, then remote support afterwards
Why Manchester operators pick Smart Wave IT for EPOS
Most EPOS suppliers sell you the till and leave the network to somebody else. That works until service, when the tablet drops off the Wi-Fi and each party blames the other. We install the tills, the cabling and the network, so when something goes wrong there is one number and no argument about whose fault it is.
The other thing that matters here is response time. The industry standard quote is two to three business days. We guarantee same-day with a 4-hour SLA, which is the difference between losing a service and losing an hour.
When our tills crashed during our busiest lunch service, the Smart Wave team was on site within 30 minutes and had us back up before the next sitting. They didn't just patch it. They explained what failed and stopped it happening again.
EPOS plus everything else, in one visit
A till is one device on a network. Because we install the rest of it too, a Manchester fit-out can be done on one programme instead of four.Data cabling in Manchester: Cat6 and Cat6A to till points and kitchen screens, Fluke-tested.
Wi-Fi installation in Manchester: coverage that survives a full room, with guests kept off the payment network.
Business internet in Manchester: failover so card payments keep working when the line drops.
CCTV installation in Manchester: till-point cameras for cash reconciliation and dispute resolution.
We do most of this work for bars, restaurants and hotels, so we also cover hospitality sector IT end to end.
Common questions
Frequently asked.
A single-till setup with a printer, cash drawer and card integration typically starts around £1,200 installed. A restaurant with two tills, a kitchen display screen and handheld ordering is usually £3,000 to £6,000 depending on how much cabling is involved. Converted mill buildings cost more to cable than modern units, which is the main variable in Manchester. We quote a fixed price after a site visit.
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