Eat Out Round About Goes National

阿里·戈登（Ali Gordon）是软件开发公司Not Festival Ltd的首席执行官，该公司有一个雄心勃勃的想法，即在3年内支持国家一级的酒店经济重建。新冠肺炎对酒店业产生了重大不利影响。较少报道的是，酒店业多年来一直在努力生存。英国脱欧给经济带来了更多的不确定性。2020年8月，“外出就餐”计划共报销了5100万份餐食，表明国家对支持酒店经济的需求。在疫情期间，阿里有一个创新的想法，创建一个数字平台，创造一种方式，人们可以在非高峰期节省50%的用餐费用，最高可达10英镑。Not Eatal Ltd赢得了Innovate UK Smart的资助，并因此开发了名为“Eat Out Round About”的平台。该应用程序与酒店场所合作，自动化扫描和申领代金券的过程，并自动化酒店系统的管理。该项目已经创建了一系列数字产品，包括帮助当地酒店经济的雅致贺卡，以及一系列员工和客户激励措施，包括自动生日贺卡和圣诞代金券，以帮助当地公司建立他们的文化。我们的试验产生了15英镑，636进入韦克菲尔德酒店经济的投资回报率超过600%的经济凭证支出。阿里正在领导一项计划，在3年内将Eat Out Round About提升到国家层面，并将在她的个人发展历程中受益于支持计划，以及：* 建立一个强大的快速增长网络 * 帮助在经济贫困地区创造熟练的数字工作岗位 * 帮助保护酒店业的工作岗位 * 为酒店经济带来大量投资 * 以可持续的方式开辟新的商业机会 * 为财政部带来额外的收入，包括饮料税和增值税。阿里作为创新英国国家妇女在创新方面的成功将有助于她为酒店业的创新跳板，以推动国家和国际层面的经济增长。

Ali Gordon is the CEO of Not Usual Ltd, a software development company with an ambitious idea to support the rebuilding of the hospitality economy at a national level over 3 years.Covid-19 has had a major detrimental impact on the hospitality sector. Less reported is the fact that hospitality businesses have been struggling to survive for many years prior. Brexit has created additional uncertainty in the economy.During August 2020, 51 million meals were claimed in the Eat Out To Help Out scheme, demonstrating national demand to support the hospitality economy. Unfortunately the scheme was unsustainable by the Government.During the pandemic, Ali had an innovative idea to create a digital platform to create a way that people could dine out with 50% saving on their meal out up to £10 during off-peak times. Not Usual Ltd won an Innovate UK Smart grant for the idea and as a result has developed the platform called 'Eat Out Round About'. The app partners with hospitality venues, automates the process of scanning and claiming vouchers and automates administration of the system with hospitality. The project has enabled the creation of a range of digital products including tasteful greeting cards that help the local hospitality economy, and a range of employee and customer incentives for businesses including automated Birthday Vouchers and Christmas vouchers to help local firms build their culture.Our trials generated £15,636 into the Wakefield hospitality economy with a return on investment into the economy of voucher spend by over 600%. Ali is leading a plan to take Eat Out Round About to a national level over 3 years and will benefit from the support package in her personal development journey as well as:* building a strong network for rapid growth* helping to create skilled digital jobs in an economically deprived area* help safeguard jobs in hospitality* bring significant investment into the hospitality economy* open up new business opportunities in a sustainable way* drive additional revenue to the treasury in drinks duty and VAT.There is an 'appetite' in the UK to dine out off-peak and help local economy when there are incentives. Ali's success as an Innovate UK National Woman in innovation will help her springboard the innovation for the hospitality sector to drive economic growth at a national and then international level.