Whether you run a café, a pub, a restaurant, a holiday let or a street-food stall, the same jobs keep coming round: taking payments, booking staff, and keeping receipts off the kitchen table. Norfolk Business Perks is built in Norfolk and useful anywhere in the UK. We check the current software deals and free trials, then explain them in plain English. Most of these offers are open to any UK hospitality business, not just local ones.
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Card machines and EPOS tills
A market stall or coffee counter often only needs a card reader, or Tap to Pay on a phone. A busy pub or restaurant with table service and stock to track will want a fuller till system. Get up to £100 off SumUp with Norfolk Business Perks.
SumUp
Card payments & online store
Card machines, Tap to Pay & a free online store
One simple payments setup for a Norfolk shop, café, market stall or tradesperson. Take chip & PIN and contactless on a SumUp card reader from 1.69% per transaction, start with Tap to Pay on your iPhone or Android phone with no extra hardware or monthly fee, then sell online with a free SumUp online store and payment links, from the counter to click-and-collect.
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Through Norfolk Business Perks you may get up to £100 off your first SumUp hardware purchase (depending on SumUp's current offer; see SumUp's page for details). Card reader transactions from 1.69%; online payments 2.50% (checked 3 November 2026). Tap to Pay uses the free SumUp Business app with no activation or monthly fees. SumUp's own terms apply. Offer last checked
Cloud EPOS till system for Norfolk cafés, pubs, shops and salons. Take card and contactless payments, track stock and see what's actually selling, with 130+ integrations including Xero. Our referral page gives 20% off Epos Now's RRP and lets you book a free demo.
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20% off Epos Now's RRP via our referral page, which also offers a free demo. Epos Now's terms apply. Offer last checked
Hospitality teams change every week. These tools help you plan shifts, record hours, and keep holiday and sickness in one place, instead of a spreadsheet behind the bar.
Planday
Staff rotas
30 days free, no card needed
Staff rotas, timesheets and clock-ins for cafés, pubs, shops and shift teams. Plan shifts from your phone, handle swaps and leave, and pass hours to payroll — built for busy Norfolk hospitality and retail teams.
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Planday offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required; the trial ends automatically if you don’t subscribe. After that, UK plans start from £2.99 per user/month (Starter, min. 5 users). Plus and Pro have higher per-user rates and subscription fees. Planday’s terms and pricing apply — check planday.com/pricing. Offer last checked
Staff rotas, timesheets and clock-ins from your phone. Handy for cafés, pubs, shops and trades teams juggling part-timers and shift swaps, and it links up with payroll.
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Deputy's UK site offers a free trial of up to 31 days with no credit card required. After that, plans start from £3.25 per user per month (excl. VAT) with a £20 minimum monthly spend. Deputy's terms apply. Offer last checked
Staff clock in and out on their phones, with GPS or a shared kiosk, and timesheets are ready for payroll. Rotas are built in from the Pro plan, which suits pubs, cafés and site teams.
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Buddy Punch's 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Paid plans are priced per user in US dollars plus a monthly base fee. Buddy Punch's terms apply. Offer last checked
UK HR software for small businesses: keep employee records and documents in one place, let staff book holiday from their phone, and track sickness and absence without spreadsheets. Optional modules add rotas and timesheets, recruitment and expenses. Built for Norfolk SMEs, from cafés and shops to trades firms and growing start-ups.
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Breathe's sign-up page offers a 14-day free trial with all features included, no credit card required, and you can cancel at any time (checked 3 November 2026). After the trial you choose a paid plan; see breathehr.com for current pricing. Breathe's terms apply. Offer last checked
A free business account and a simple way to capture receipts will save you a headache at year end. Open a free Monzo Business account; when you add money and make a qualifying card payment within 30 days you get £50.
Monzo Business
Business banking
Free business account, no monthly fees + £50
Open a free Monzo Business current account with no monthly fees. When you add money and make a qualifying card payment within 30 days you get £50. Spending cards, pots and accounting links included — a solid modern bank account for Norfolk limited companies and sole traders.
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Open your Monzo Business account through this link, then add money and make a qualifying card payment within 30 days to get £50 (ATM withdrawals, transfers and virtual card payments usually don't count). No monthly fee applies to Monzo's free Business Lite plan; paid plans are optional. Monzo Business offer terms apply; eligibility and caps may change — check monzo.com. Offer last checked
Snap a receipt or bill on your phone and Dext reads it, files it and pushes it into Xero or QuickBooks. Built for sole traders, trades and small businesses in Norfolk who want no more shoebox of crumpled receipts for their accountant at year end. Free trial, no card needed.
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Dext's free trial for new business customers, no card details needed to start. Business plans from £24.17/month plus VAT, billed annually (£290 a year). Dext's terms apply. Offer last checked
Professional email on your own domain, newsletters to regulars, and a way to get quotes or casual contracts signed on a phone.
Google Workspace
Email & documents
14-day free trial, email on your own domain
Professional email on your own domain ([email protected]) through Gmail, plus shared Drive storage, Docs, Sheets, Calendar and Meet video calls. A sensible alternative to Microsoft 365 for Norfolk start-ups, trades and small teams, with a 14-day free trial.
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Google's page says the first 14 days are at no cost. Paid plans are per user per month, and annual plans save about 16%. Any referral promo code is shown by Google at sign-up. Offer last checked
Email marketing for small businesses: send newsletters, offers and automatic follow-up emails to customers, with sign-up forms and ready-made templates. A simple way for Norfolk cafés, shops and start-ups to keep regulars coming back, on a free plan of up to 300 emails a day.
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Brevo's pricing page shows a free-forever plan with no credit card needed, sending up to 300 emails a day once your account is approved. Free emails carry Brevo's logo; paid plans remove it. Brevo's terms apply. Offer last checked
Simple email newsletters for shops, cafés and venues, with ready-made templates and an AI writing helper. Handy for telling regulars about events, offers and new stock.
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Free trial with no payment needed. Starter Email from £4/month, Lite from £8/month (excl. VAT, price depends on your number of contacts). 30-day money-back guarantee. Constant Contact's terms apply. Offer last checked
UK-built e-signatures for quotes, contracts and tenancy agreements. Your customer signs on their phone in a minute, with UK-hosted data and a full audit trail.
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Free to register with no credit card. Pay as you go from £2.60 per envelope, or Essentials at £40 + VAT a month billed annually. Signable's terms apply. Offer last checked
Need a logo, a menu redesign, a quick website fix or some product photos edited? Fiverr lets you hire freelancers for one-off jobs at a fixed price, with reviews to help you choose.
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No discount through this link. Prices are set by each freelancer. Fiverr's buyer fees and terms apply. Offer last checked
AI ad generator: add your logo and a few product photos and AdCreative.ai creates ready-to-post ads and banners for Facebook, Instagram and Google. Handy for Norfolk shops, cafés and start-ups doing their own marketing between serving customers, with a 7-day free trial.
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AdCreative.ai's page shows a 7-day free trial (cancel anytime) with 20 creative credits to try ads, banners and videos. Offer last checked
AI voice generator that turns text into natural-sounding voiceovers for videos, adverts, on-hold messages and staff training clips, without booking a studio. Useful for Norfolk venues, start-ups and anyone making their own videos. Free plan with 10,000 credits a month; commercial use needs a paid plan.
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ElevenLabs' pricing page shows a free plan ($0) with 10,000 credits a month. Paid plans from $6/month add a commercial licence. Prices are in US dollars. Offer last checked
Pay only 1% on successful referrals — no monthly fees
Referral software for Norfolk businesses that want a partner or customer referral programme without a monthly subscription. Track who referred whom, sync referrals to Salesforce and pay rewards when deals close; you only pay a 1% platform fee on rewards paid.
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Platform fee is 1% of each reward marked paid in the product (including manually marked paid), not a % of deal value unless that is how you set the reward. No monthly or setup fee; fees exclusive of VAT (VAT added where applicable). PayPal/payment-provider fees are separate. Early-access pricing: first 250 businesses lock in 1% for the life of the account (subject to Terms). Provided by Fintech Innovation Group Ltd (company no. 16909729). Full terms: https://referralnexus.co.uk/terms Offer last checked
Are these hospitality deals only for Norfolk businesses?
No. Most are offers any UK business can use. We're based in Norwich and we pick tools that make sense for small businesses, then explain them in plain English. Built in Norfolk, useful anywhere in the UK. We never claim an offer is exclusive when it isn't.
What's a good card machine or till for a small café or pub?
SumUp is a simple way to take chip and PIN or contactless payments, or use Tap to Pay on your phone, with a free online store if you want to sell that way too. The current offer is: Get up to £100 off SumUp with Norfolk Business Perks. Check SumUp's page for the details, as hardware offers can change. Epos Now is a fuller EPOS till system for pubs, restaurants and cafés that need stock control and table service, with 20% off RRP at our last check.
What helps with staff rotas, holidays and HR in hospitality?
For rotas and timesheets, look at Planday, Deputy and Buddy Punch. For employee records, holiday booking and sickness tracking, Breathe is HR software built for UK small businesses. Planday and Deputy both offer a free trial with no card needed.
How does the Monzo Business offer work?
You can open a free Monzo Business account with no monthly fees. When you add money and make a qualifying card payment within 30 days you get £50. Spending cards, pots and accounting links are included. Always read Monzo's terms, because ATM withdrawals, transfers and virtual card payments usually don't count.
How up to date are these offers?
Every perk shows the date we last checked it on the provider's site. Offers can change, so always read the provider's terms before you sign up. You can also browse all current perks.
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