If approved, the plans could provide up to six full-time and 20 part-time jobs, and could bring over £800,000 to the local economy every year. 

The application has been submitted by PRC Architecture and Planning on behalf of Britel Fund Trustees for a 0.89 acre site on Fleets Corner Business Park.

 

The application’s design and access statement said: "Poole is a popular tourist resort, attracting visitors to its large natural harbour. It is also a commercial port, with cross-Channel freight and passenger ferry services to Cherbourg, Guernsey, Jersey and St Malo. It has a large resident population of 152,000 and, along with Bournemouth and Christchurch, forms a fundamental part of the South East Dorset conurbation, the combined population of which is 465,000; larger than Bristol’s 438,000. It is a growing area, with the population of Poole predicted to grow to 160,000 by 2022.

 

"Since opening in July 2016, the existing Travelodge in Poole has traded strongly; with a high average occupancy. The existing Travelodge is very close to the railway station and within walking distance of the town centre and quayside. This opportunity will provide a complementary location to the existing hotel.

 

"The provision of a new hotel will create in the region of 25-30 full time jobs meaning the business park can offer a more diverse range of employment and increase overall employment numbers. The hotel would also potentially generate an additional spend in the local economy of approximately £830,000.00 per year from guests."

 

Source: Insider Media

 

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It is vital for hotels to have an accurate record of who is in the building, since not only do they have guests coming and going constantly but they also have cleaning staff, maintenance staff, kitchen staff, bar staff, and many other staff members. 

 

Since many of these staff members will be temporary agency staff, they are likely to still rely on old-fashioned paper timesheet to record their weekly hours.

 

Getting employees to retrospectively record their hours worked directly onto paper is not only open to fraud and mistakes, it also makes room for human error further up the chain. 

 

Managers have to collect and approve all the timesheets. A study has shown that this can take more than 15 minutes per employee. Those numbers quickly mount up! 

 

Thankfully there’s an easy solution. When employees clock in using our clocking terminals (these accept smartcard or biometric data) the information is recorded by the software and can be exported straight to your payroll software. 

 

We can even save hotel companies money – our Unmanned Reception app reduces the need for a full-time desk-sitting receptionist by allowing visitors to sign themselves in and alerting hosts to their presence. You could either only hire a part-time member of staff, or simply let your receptionist find something more productive to do instead of wasting away behind the desk, waiting for the door to open or phone to ring.