{"id":14120,"date":"2026-08-24T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/?p=14120"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:15:19","slug":"diisco-targets-hospitality-staffing-crisis-with-new-gig-platform-at-nrpbs-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/2026\/08\/24\/diisco-targets-hospitality-staffing-crisis-with-new-gig-platform-at-nrpbs-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Diisco Targets Hospitality Staffing Crisis with New Gig Platform at NRPBS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding reliable staff at short notice remains a major operational challenge for hospitality businesses. At The National Restaurant, Pub &amp; Bar Show 2026, UK hospitality technology company Diisco will demonstrate a new approach to solving the problem.<br \/>\nDiisco is a hospitality-focused gig platform that allows restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and event venues to post individual shifts and connect directly with available hospitality workers.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than relying on traditional agency processes, venues can publish a shift through Diisco, receive applications from workers, review profiles and ratings, and confirm the worker they want.<\/p>\n<p>The platform is designed for the reality of hospitality, where staffing requirements can change quickly because of sickness, unexpected demand, events, seasonal peaks or last-minute cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA staffing gap can have a real impact on a hospitality business,\u201d says Hasan Shahid CEO\/Founder at Disco. \u201cWe wanted to create a platform that makes finding temporary staff as straightforward as posting a shift and choosing the right person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diisco&#8217;s model gives venues greater visibility over the workers they engage while giving hospitality professionals more flexibility to choose the shifts that suit them.<\/p>\n<p>The platform includes worker profiles, experience and ratings, shift applications, messaging, availability, attendance verification and payment management.<\/p>\n<p>Diisco launched initially in Leeds and Manchester and is now preparing to expand its presence across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The company will be showcasing the platform at The National Restaurant, Pub &amp; Bar Show at ExCeL London on 16\u201317 September 2026, where visitors will have the opportunity to see how technology can help simplify flexible staffing.<\/p>\n<p>The NRPBS is specifically aimed at the restaurant, pub and bar sector and brings together innovative suppliers and hospitality decision-makers.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Diisco:<br \/>\n www.diisco.app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding reliable staff at short notice remains a major operational challenge for hospitality businesses. At The National Restaurant, Pub &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4678,"featured_media":14121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epr-nrpbs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14122,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14120\/revisions\/14122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divcommanual.com\/thefoodshows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}