HR made simple for pubs & hospitality
🍺 The Problem
Running a pub is fast-paced, and HR often gets pushed to the bottom of the list. However, when paper rotas get lost, compliance deadlines creep up, and important documents end up scattered across emails and folders. It’s stressful, time-consuming, and risky.
✅ The Solution
Backbar HR, The HR App for Pubs, takes the pressure off. Everything you need from contracts, compliance checklists, and step-by-step HR toolkits, everything is stored securely in one simple app. In addition, its designed specifically for pubs and hospitality, Furthermore, it keeps you organised, compliant, and in control, so you can focus on running on running your venue.
Experience Stress-Free HR Today
Save time
No more paperwork or chasing emails. Backbar HR keeps everything in one place, ready for when you need it.
Stay Compliant
From licensing to staff records, our checklists and toolkits help you meet your legal obligations with confidence.
Made for pubs
Designed specifically for hospitality, Backbar HR works the way you do, simple, practical, and always accessible.
Featured Highlights
HR Essentials
Contracts, policies, and onboarding tools in one place.
Compliance & Licensing
Incident/accident logs, and licensing/H&S audit checklists at your fingertips.
Toolkits & Guides
Step-by-step support for disciplinaries, maternity leave, and more.
“Compliance on tap – stay inspection ready, every month”
Stay Ahead of inspections with Regular Compliance Checklists using Backbar HR app
In the pub trade, compliance isn’t optional, it’s essential. Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) can visit at any time, and one slip in your food safety standards could put your licence, reputation, and profits at risk.
That’s where the Backbar HR app makes life easier.
Our built-in Food Safety Checklist mirrors the very checks an EHO would carry out during an inspection. As a result, by completing this monthly, you’ll spot issues before they become problems, keep clear records of due diligence, and show inspectors that compliance is always front of mind.
Regular compliance checks give publicans peace of mind that kitchens are running safely, legally, and to the highest standard. It’s a simple routine that helps protect your customers, your staff, and your business.
The Food Safety Checklist is aligned with the Food Standard Agency requirements
Licensing compliance is one of the most important responsibilities for any pub operator.
Local authorities can carry out checks at any time, and any breaches whether big or small can lead to fines, restrictions, or even the loss of your premises licence.
The Backbar HR app includes a Licensing Checklist designed to mirror the areas local licensing officers look at during their inspections. Therefore, by completing this regularly, you can be confident that your venue is meeting its obligations, with any potential issues flagged early.
Taking a proactive approach to licensing compliance not only keeps your pub legally protected, it also demonstrates to authorities that you’re a responsible operator. This helps build trust, reduces the risk of enforcement action, and keeps your licence safe.
For full Government guidance, see the UK Alcohol Licensing Rules
Fire safety isn’t just a legal obligation, it’s about protecting lives, your staff, your customers, and your business. In busy pubs, it’s easy for things like faulty extinguishers, missed alarm tests, or overdue staff training to slip through the cracks. But these oversights can have serious, even life-threatening consequences.
The Backbar HR app includes a Fire Safety Checklist that helps you stay on top of all the essentials, flagging issues like faulty equipment, logging alarm testing, and recording staff fire training. By completing this regularly, you not only keep your team and customers safe, but you also build a clear record of due diligence.
Demonstrating good practice through proper records shows authorities that fire safety is taken seriously, while giving you peace of mind that your venue is always prepared
Try Backbar HR, The HR App for Pubs Yourself
Want to see how Backbar HR could work for your pub?
You can download a free demo version and explore the app before you commit.
The demo gives you the full Backbar HR experience with the same layout, navigation
and tools as the live app, so you can get a true feel for how simple it is to use.
Get a feel for how Backbar HR works with our demo version
✅ Explore sample handbooks, contracts & policies
✅ Run audit checklists & forms
✅ Test disciplinary & performance tools
✅ Browse CPD courses available to app clients for £6