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Editorial standards

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What we publish

We publish operator listings, price data, and explanatory editorial content. Every published fact must be traceable to a primary source: a council register, an operator’s own published rates, or official guidance. We do not publish claims we cannot source.

What we do not publish

  • AI-generated descriptions. Operator descriptions are deterministically assembled from structured data, not generated by a language model. Editorial articles are written by named human contributors.
  • Unsourced numeric claims. Any price, count, or percentage shown on a public page carries a source and a date. Sample sizes are shown where relevant.
  • Residential addresses of home boarders without the operator’s consent. See our address privacy policy.
  • Google review ratings as our own first-party ratings. Where Google ratings appear, they are clearly attributed.
  • Speculative “cheapest” or “best” claims where sample size is below 3 current price observations.
  • Paid placements mixed into natural sort without clear labelling. Sponsored content is labelled.

Conflicts of interest

This site may earn affiliate revenue from marketplace links (e.g., Rover, Pawshake). Affiliate links are marked rel="sponsored" and disclosed inline. Affiliate relationships do not influence operator rankings or pricing data.

We do not accept payment from operators to improve their listing position or data. Operators can claim their listing to add or correct information — claimed status is shown, and claims go through a review process.

Corrections policy

We correct errors promptly and visibly. If we change a material fact, we note what changed and when. We do not silently delete wrong information without a correction notice.

Submit a correction request. Acknowledgement within 5 working days.

Scope limitations

We cover England, Scotland, and Wales. Northern Ireland operates under different licensing regulations and is not currently covered. Coverage within Great Britain depends on council register availability — see the licensing coverage map.

Editorial independence

Data collection, publishability decisions, and editorial content are independent of commercial relationships. The data pipeline runs on open council sources and operator-published rates. No operator or marketplace can purchase inclusion or exclusion.