--- title: "POS Engine: AI Point of Sale for UK Hospitality | Aristral" description: "The AI-native POS platform built for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers. Native UK payment rails, multi-site management, real-time analytics, and AI-powered back-office automation." url: "https://aristral.com/pos-engine" canonical: "https://aristral.com/pos-engine" --- ARISTRALPlatform Overview · 2026 The AI-native point-of-sale platform # Point ofSale Software Built from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers, with AI agents running the back-office work owners would rather not. ProductPOS ENGINE ByAristral MarketUnited Kingdom DateApril 2026 8 Native UK payment rails supported on day one, from contactless to Pay by Bank Multi-site Multi-tenant, multi-role architecture (from single site to national group) The Problem ## UK high streets are stuck with POS tools built for someone else’s market. 💳 Foreign payment stacks Most POS platforms ignore Faster Payments, Pay by Bank, and UK-first card UX. Stripe, Worldpay, and SumUp sit outside the till instead of inside the flow. 🖥 Hardware-first, offline-fragile Independents pay £1,200+ upfront for locked-in terminals, then lose sales the minute the café's 4G drops. No graceful offline mode. No device freedom. 🏠 No multi-site scale Single-shop tools break the moment a group opens site two. Managers have nowhere to centralise menus, pricing, staff, or stock across locations. The Solution ## One POS. Every site. Built for the UK. POS ENGINE is a cloud-native, multi-tenant point-of-sale platform designed from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers, with AI agents handling the work owners would rather skip. ✓ **Native UK payment rails**: Stripe, Worldpay, SumUp, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Pay by Bank baked in ✓ **GBP-first receipts**: Full VAT handling and Making Tax Digital exports built in ✓ **Multi-site, multi-role**: from day one, one login for every branch in the group ✓ **Real-time dashboards**: not end-of-day spreadsheet exports or paper cash-up sheets Today · Live Shoreditch Branch · London £2,840 ↑ 18% revenue vs. yesterday Flat White× 52£260 Fish & Chips× 18£234 Sourdough Toastie× 24£108 Full English× 42£546 Live on every device. Every branch. Every second. How It Works ## A three-tier architecture, ready from day one. One platform serves platform operators, groups running multiple sites, and the counter staff on the ground, each with the view they actually need. Tier 01 · Super Admin Platform Operator Manage every account, subscription plan, and invoice. Impersonate any group for white-glove support. Push platform updates to every tenant in one move. Tier 02 · Account Group / Business Run multiple sites, invite team members, configure payment methods, and set branch-level pricing, menus, and themes, all from one central dashboard. Tier 03 · Branch Single Site POS, kitchen display, orders, products, customers, and expenses: every daily-ops tool the counter, kitchen, and office need to run the shift. The Product ## Everything a modern venue needs. Nothing it doesn’t. 🖥 Point of Sale Fast, category-filtered product grid, cart, split bills, and receipt flow, tuned for one-handed use on a tablet at peak service. 📋 Order Kanban Pending → Preparing → Served → Paid, with prep timers and colour-coded alerts when a ticket ages past target. 📈 Live Analytics Hourly revenue, category mix, payment breakdown: every chart filterable from today back to any custom date range. 👥 Customer Profiles Auto-flag VIPs after 10 orders or £200 spent. Track preferences, allergens, and visit frequency for every repeat customer. 💰 Expense Tracking Localised categories (energy, business rates, rent, wages, supplies) with receipt capture and MTD-ready exports. 🍳 Kitchen Display Dedicated screen so the kitchen never misses a ticket. Ticket printers optional, station routing built in. Localisation ## Built for the UK, not ported to it. Every localisation detail most SaaS tools leave to “Plugin #47”, POS ENGINE ships by default. 8 UK payment rails, day one CashChip & PINContactlessApple PayGoogle PayStripeWorldpaySumUpPay by Bank £ GBP-first currency Every figure, receipt, and report formatted in Pounds Sterling by default. No currency plugin. No decimal-comma surprises. 📧 Email & wallet receipts Digital-first receipts with Apple Wallet, Google Wallet pass sharing, and WhatsApp Business built in. Paper roll optional. 📊 Localised expense categories Energy, business rates, rent, wages, stock: the line items UK owners actually track, pre-mapped to HMRC-friendly exports. ⏰ GMT / BST aware, VAT-ready Timestamps, VAT handling, and Making Tax Digital exports that match UK operations out of the box. Roles & Security ## Role-based access, designed around real operations. Owners see everything. Cashiers see the till. Accountants see the books. No configuration headaches, no hidden toggles. | Role | POS | Orders | Products | Dashboard | Team & Billing | | ------------ | --- | ------ | -------- | --------- | -------------- | | Owner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Admin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Site Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | | Cashier | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | | Accountant | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | 🔒 **Row-level security isolates every tenant.** Every invitation, permission, and action logged to an immutable activity trail. GDPR-aligned by default. Platform focus ## Built for hospitality and independent retail workflows. The platform combines point-of-sale operations with cloud-based tools for payments, reporting and multi-site management. Payments Payment workflows Configured around the payment providers and methods selected for the deployment. Multi-site Location management Role and site structures for operators managing one or more locations. Reporting Operational visibility Sales and operational views based on connected point-of-sale data. Business Model ## Plans that scale with you. Built for UK operators. Three tiers that match every operator, from single-site cafés to multi-site groups and white-label rollouts. Pricing is tailored to your sites and volume. Starter Single-site operators 1 site Up to 3 users POS + Orders + Receipts Email support Growth · Most Popular Multi-site groups Unlimited users Full analytics & dashboards All UK payment methods Kitchen Display + Expenses Priority support Enterprise White-label & volume Unlimited sites White-label option API & webhook access Dedicated account manager [Contact us for pricing →](https://aristral.com/contact) ## Let’s digitise the UK high street. POS ENGINE is shipping today. Ready to run your first shift this week, across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and every UK high street in between. 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