For businesses

Help people see what is actually useful about your place.

If your business appears here, you can send factual updates, approved photos, official links, and useful context so readers get the details right.

Quick route

Check your page in one email.

Send the current official links and any approved images. We will treat it as a factual update request, not a request for paid placement.

1

Find your page

Use search, copy the page URL, and tell us what is missing, outdated, or visually thin.

Open search

2

Send official links

Menu, booking, opening hours, accessibility, dietary care, dog policy, or a better contact route.

Use checklist email

3

Send approved photos

Images should show the real place. Natural light and landscape shots help most for guide pages.

Use photo email

What to send

The most helpful updates are the details people check before visiting: current opening hours, booking links, menu links, accessibility information, dietary policies, dog rules, address corrections, and official website or social links.

If there is a story worth knowing, send that too: a new opening, a relocation, a local event, a seasonal menu, or a detail that helps someone decide whether the place suits the day they are planning.

Photos help most when they show the real space: the room, the entrance, a useful detail, a table, a counter, shelves, or a dish people can actually recognise when they arrive.

What not to send

  • Payment offers for placement changes
  • Requests to remove reasonable criticism from source material
  • Link requests as a condition of inclusion
  • Generic press releases with no local reader value

What happens next

Updates are handled as factual checks.

A correction, official link, or approved photo helps the page become more useful for readers. It does not create a paid placement, guarantee a wording change, or move a business above another one.

The best replies are specific: official links, current details, and photos you have permission to share. If something cannot be verified, the page should say so rather than turn uncertainty into marketing copy.

Editorial boundaries

  • Factual corrections are welcome
  • Approved photos may improve the page
  • Official links may help readers check details
  • Ordering remains editorial and practical

Photo brief

Images that make the page more useful.

The best photos help someone recognise the place before they arrive. They do not need to be polished campaign images. Real, current, well-lit photos are usually more useful.

  • A wide landscape shot of the room or main space
  • The counter, bar, shelves, table, or detail people notice first
  • One image that shows the practical reason people visit
  • A shopfront or entrance shot, especially if it helps people find you
  • One or two upright images for social if you have them

Useful update checklist

  • Official website, booking, menu, or contact link
  • Opening-hours correction or seasonal closure note
  • Accessibility details: entrance, steps, toilets, space, seating
  • Dietary or allergen policy and safest route for visitors to check
  • Dog policy and any limits at busy times
  • Approved photos with usage permission and preferred credit

Fastest useful update

Send the details people rely on.

A useful update is not a pitch. It is the information someone needs before they choose where to go.

Accessibility

Entrance, steps, toilets, space

Send the clearest current accessibility notes or the official page where they are kept updated.

Dietary care

Menus and allergen policy

Send the current menu, allergen information, and the safest way for visitors to check before booking.

Dog policy

Current rules

Tell us whether dogs are welcome, where they can sit, and whether the policy changes at busy times.

Photos

Approved images

Send a few real images we are allowed to use. Landscape shots of the space are usually the most useful.

Policy

Editorial order. No link conditions.

A business may link to its Where Edinburgh page if it is genuinely useful to customers, but there is no obligation, incentive, or placement benefit offered in exchange.

Corrections

Fastest helpful email

Tell us exactly what is wrong, send the official source, and we will treat it as a factual update request.

Official details

Best for planning

Menus, accessibility pages, booking links, and current policies make the guide more useful immediately.

Local story

Best for editorial

Send context that helps people understand the place, not just a promotional claim.

Links

Only if natural

A natural link is fine when it helps customers. It is never required for inclusion.

How contact works

We ask for useful details, not favours.

If we contact a business, the first message should be a factual check: the current menu link, accessibility details, opening hours, dog policy, dietary information, booking page, or a correction to a public detail. A second message may ask for approved photos where a page is useful but visually thin.

A reply helps readers make better decisions. It does not buy a position, guarantee inclusion, or create a link obligation.

Useful replies include

  • The best current menu, booking, or source link
  • Accessibility or step-free access notes
  • Dietary, allergen, or dog-policy details
  • Opening-hours corrections or closure updates
  • A factual owner note that helps readers plan responsibly