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This month, Elizabeth Finn Homes brought colleagues from all eight of its homes together to celebrate the people who make social care what it is: the Golden Heart Awards. We were proud to sponsor the evening, and it meant a lot to have our own Mike Billingham there to celebrate alongside them. Social care asks so much of the people who show up for it, day after day, for residents who rely on them. Evenings like this are a small way of making sure that doesn't go unnoticed. "At Elizabeth Finn Homes, our colleagues are the heart of everything we do, and giving them the tools to spend more time with the people in our care matters enormously to us. Sona helps our teams get scheduling right across all eight of our homes, taking the weight off day-to-day admin so that time and energy can go where it's needed most. Evenings like the Golden Heart Awards are our chance to say thank you to those colleagues, and we're really grateful to Sona for helping make this year's celebration such a special one." - Olivia Curno, CEO, Elizabeth Finn Homes Huge congratulations to everyone celebrated on the night, and thank you to Elizabeth Finn Homes for having us.

Everyone agrees AI matters, but almost nobody in hospitality feels like they've actually scratched the surface of it. Our CTO and co-founder, Ben Dixon, is taking that gap head-on at Hospitality Tech Expo. Five years building AI-native technology for the industry, he'll be unpicking the real blockers, sharing genuine use cases, and getting practical about where it actually makes sense to begin. Seminar Stage 8, ExCeL London, 29 September, 14:15 If you're at the show, come along. Find us at stand HT404 afterwards if you want to keep talking. #HospitalityTechExpo #AIinOperations #Hospitality

We're in Texas this week for FS/TEC. Most restaurant labor lines look fine on the P&L. The problem shows up on the floor: too many hands at 3pm, not enough at 7pm. This is Sona's first year at FS/TEC. We've got a full team on the ground at booth 434, Gaylord Texan Resort, Grapevine. We'll be talking through how AI workforce management closes that gap: turning demand forecasts into schedules that match how your best GMs already run their sites, without the hours of manual work it usually takes to get there. If that sounds like your operation, come find us 👋 #FSTEC #AIWorkforceManagement #RestaurantOperations

Hotel groups aren’t successful by chance. Their success depends on keeping every site, every shift and every pound of labour spent under control at the same time. That's the challenge The Coaching Inn Group is tackling as the group expands, and why they've partnered with Sona for AI workforce management. "As the group continues to grow, keeping systems joined up and labour costs under control has become mission-critical. We're really excited to partner with Sona as an AI-native workforce management platform, the aim is to free up our teams from admin tasks and let them focus on giving great service; looking after our people and guests." - John Jempson, Finance Director, CIG

Sona has been selected for Tech Nation's Future Fifty 2026 cohort, home to over 35% of the UK's unicorns. Good company to be in. We've also been named in Tech Nation's "UK Tech Companies to Watch" report. Link in the first comment. Our co-founders Steffen Wulff Petersen, Oli Johnson, and Ben Dixon are here at the Future Fifty forum today, meeting the other founders building alongside us in this year's cohort. Proud to be here. More to come 🚀 #FutureFifty #ItTakesATechNation #AIWorkforceManagement

Today, hospitality comes together for a good cause. Sona's sponsoring this year's Cook & Dine, Only A Pavement Away's annual fundraising lunch at The Waldorf Hilton, London. Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens leads the kitchen, backed by volunteers from across hospitality, charity, and government. The lunch raises funds and awareness for people at risk of homelessness and anyone facing barriers to employment to build a career in hospitality. If you're there today, come find the Sona team and say hello 👋 #OnlyAPavementAway #Hospitality #CookAndDine

David Carey, CTO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, has been sceptical of AI for years, seeing it mostly as hype dressed up as innovation. Here's what he told The Caterer: "We don't settle for what's not the best in class, and I think we've found it today using Sona, which actually does have AI that works." Full interview with The Caterer in the first comment 👇 #WorkforceManagement #Hospitality

We're heading to Nexus Media Group's Caring Times Owners Club at The Belfry Hotel & Resort this Wednesday! It's always great to connect with care sector leaders and hear what's really going on across the industry: the challenges, the wins, and what's next. Our social care consultants Carly Miller and Mike Billingham will be there and would love to chat about how you're managing your workforce, what's working, and where technology could make things easier. If you're attending, come and say hello 👋 #CTOC #CaringTimes #SocialCare

We've joined the Irish Payroll Association. It's a commitment to getting payroll right for frontline teams in Ireland, handling the real complexity of shift-based pay: overtime, enhancements, last-minute cover, and every rule that comes with it. It's National Payroll Week, when we take a moment to recognise the people who make sure frontline teams get paid correctly, week after week. If you work in payroll, or alongside someone who does, take a moment this week to say thank you. #NationalPayrollWeek #Payroll #FrontlineWorkforce

125+ stores. 1000+ people. One platform to manage it all. Jollyes Pets, one of the UK's fastest-growing pet retailers, has chosen Sona to power their next chapter, uniting HR, recruitment, payroll, scheduling, learning, and colleague comms in one place. Retail is dynamic by nature: footfall, seasonality, promotions, and a hundred other variables shift the picture week to week. Getting the right people in the right place at the right time is what keeps service consistent, and it's what brought Jollyes Pets to Sona. For a business built on people who love what they do, that's more than an operational upgrade. It means less time buried in admin and more time on the floor with customers and pets. The Jollyes Pets team moves fast, genuinely values their people, and has serious ambitions for growth. We're here to make sure their managers spend less time building rotas and more time running their stores, and that every frontline colleague has a better day at work. #Retail #WorkforceManagement #JollyesPets