Case Study: Hall & Woodhouse achieves 80%+ reduction in right-to-work check costs with GBG’s Right to Work (NorthRow) solution

GBG cuts the cost of brewery’s immigration checks by more than 80%

Hall & Woodhouse, a Dorset brewer and operator of over 200 UK pubs with 1,500 staff (including around 300 foreign nationals and many seasonal hires), was struggling with slow, error-prone manual right-to-work checks and growing paperwork that risked costly Home Office fines. To modernise and centralise the process, the company chose GBG partner NorthRow’s Right to Work (RTW) app to replace paper checks and provide real‑time support from its in‑house immigration team.

Using GBG’s solution via NorthRow RTW, managers scan and upload documents on tablets or mobiles, with cloud-based verification, automated expiry alerts, and strong reporting and bulk-update functions for central oversight. The RTW rollout to over 150 users across more than 50 sites delivered faster checks, guaranteed compliance with Home Office and GDPR rules, cut checking costs by over 80% and achieved 100% ROI within 10 months, while giving Hall & Woodhouse complete visibility of its workforce documentation.

Hall & Woodhouse

Neil Davies

Recruitment & Immigration Advisor