Checklist: opening a new pub, bar or venue
- Domain and email ownership confirmed
- Microsoft 365 admin access documented
- Broadband live before fit-out deadline
- Wi‑Fi access points planned for bar, office and outdoor areas
- EPOS and card machines tested on the final network
- CCTV camera positions agreed before decorating is complete
- Guest Wi‑Fi separated from business systems
- Support contacts stored somewhere staff can find them
See the new venue opening page
Checklist: CCTV that is actually useful
- Clear till view
- Entrance and exit covered
- Beer garden and smoking area reviewed
- Recorder hard drive healthy
- Footage retention understood
- Remote viewing works for the owner/manager
- Time and date are accurate
- Footage export process tested
See the hospitality CCTV page
Checklist: supplier handover
- Domain registrar login
- DNS hosting access
- Microsoft 365 global admin
- Website hosting access
- Router/firewall admin
- CCTV/NVR admin
- Wi‑Fi controller access
- Hardware and licence list
See supplier handover support
Checklist: card terminal fault notes
- Provider name and terminal model
- Wi‑Fi or wired connection
- Where the terminal sits
- When the fault happens
- Whether guests share the same Wi‑Fi
- Router and access point locations
- Any error messages
- Whether broadband dropped too
See card machine Wi‑Fi faults