Case Study: The Newsagency saves 18 hours/week on admin and $18,000/year with Deputy

How one music venue saved 2 days/week on admin and $18,000/year

The Newsagency is a Sydney live-music venue founded by musician-turned-entrepreneur Alison Avron that grew from a 40‑capacity room to a fully licensed 100‑person venue with 25 employees. Because staff work casual, variable hours, Alison was spending nearly two days a week (often about 12 hours) on rostering, chasing last-minute changes and manually verifying timesheets, which made scheduling and payroll a major administrative burden.

By switching to the Deputy app, all shifts, open-shift claiming, skill tagging and timesheets are managed centrally, letting staff pick up work themselves and Alison assign specialist roles quickly. The venue cut workforce admin by about 18 hours per week, reduced accounting time by 75%, lowered admin costs by roughly $1,500+/month (about $18,000/year) and freed Alison to focus on more gigs, artists and growing the business.

Newsagency

Alison Avron

Owner