Nick Carter
~ % whoami

Technology leadershipfor multi-site hospitality.

I run seven venues, wrote the EPOS, CRM and loyalty platform they trade on, and run the IT underneath. Now I do it for other groups, tech companies and their investors.

7 venues£6m a year on my software20 years writing codePreston · Manchester · London
Who calls me~/who
Operators

Your VAT return takes a fortnight.

Bookings don't show on the till. Four systems nobody chose, and someone re-keys between them every morning. I'll say what to keep, what to bin and what goes in the middle.

Founders and investors

Two founders, a contractor, no CTO.

Most investors can read a P&L but not a codebase. I read it before diligence does and write down what's solid, what's fragile and what to fix first.

Fractional IT Director

Someone has to run the IT.

I run IT for hospitality groups on a fractional basis: the network, the card estate, Microsoft 365, the MSP and the compliance. Senior cover without a full-time hire.

What I do~/services

Pre-raise technical review

You built it fast, and someone technical is about to go through it. I find what they'll find first and put it in plain English.For founders raising, investors doing diligence

Stack audit

What to keep, what to bin, what to build in the middle. Messy integrations drain the time of your employees. I can fix that.For operators with more than three sites

Operator in residence

Your product team has never worked a Saturday. I'll tell you what a duty manager does at eleven at night, then be on the floor to prove it.For hospitality tech companies

Fractional IT Director

Infrastructure, suppliers, security and compliance, run for you on a fractional basis for as long as it is needed.For multi-site groups without an IT lead

The Stack Report~/research

A fifth of UK hospitality has no EPOS at all.

No public data says what British hospitality runs on, so I measured it. Edition one, 2026. Free.

Cloud, usable API
50-60%
Legacy, no API
15-20%
No EPOS at all
20-30%
Read the report
Lately~/notes
October 2026

500 covers, three bar staff, under four minutes.

How the ticket display was set up for the masquerade ball, and what it changed behind the bar. More in my work.

Next~/contact

Most people building for this industry have never worked a busy shift.

I've been in it for twenty years and written the software that keeps it slick. Tell me what's going on.