Health and safety software for cafes and restaurants

Food safety, fire and COSHH under one roof

Running a café or restaurant means managing food safety and allergens, fire safety in a kitchen environment, cleaning chemicals under COSHH, slips and trips on wet floors, manual handling and staff training — all at the same time, often with a team that includes part-time and seasonal workers with high turnover.

Featherstone Safety Hub brings risk assessments, food safety training tracking, COSHH, fire checks and incident reporting together in one place, so a busy owner or manager can keep on top of compliance without paperwork taking over the day.

• Food safety and allergens: track food safety and allergen training with certificate storage and expiry alerts.
• COSHH: manage cleaning chemicals and sanitisers with a substance register and safety data sheets.
• Fire checks: log alarm tests, extinguisher checks and drills, all timestamped.
• Risk assessments: cover kitchen, front of house, storage, deliveries and slips and trips.
• Incident register: record accidents and near misses with built-in RIDDOR screening.

Protect your food hygiene rating

Your food hygiene rating is visible to the public and affects bookings and walk-in trade. Environmental health officers assess not just your food safety management system but also evidence that staff are trained and that cleaning and temperature controls are working. Keeping that evidence organised protects your rating and makes the next inspection less stressful.

Allergen management is especially important: under the Food Information for Consumers Regulations 2014, customers with allergies must be able to get accurate information. Recording and keeping allergen training current is part of meeting that duty and protecting customers.

Practical for a busy, high-turnover team

Cafes and restaurants often have younger workers, part-time staff and frequent team changes, making induction and training tracking especially important. The training matrix shows exactly who has completed food safety, allergen and fire training and what is due, so new starters are inducted properly and refreshers are not missed. Works on mobile and is priced from £29 per month with no long-term contract.