What is the Local Directory?

MORE THAN A DIRECTORY — A LOCAL NETWORK

The more communities we connect, the easier it becomes for local people to discover businesses, services and organisations around them.

Connecting local businesses with the communities they serve.

The Local Directory brings together businesses, services, community groups, events, charities, schools and local organisations — all connected to the places and communities that matter to them.

Whether you’re a small independent business, a national brand with local retailers, a village magazine, a school, charity, event, shopping centre or community organisation, there’s a place for you here.

WHY THE LOCAL DIRECTORY?

The Local Directory connects businesses with the places, communities and organisations that matter to them — creating a network that goes beyond a traditional business directory.

LOCAL TO YOU

From postcode districts to individual communities, The Local Directory helps connect businesses with the places they serve.

Explore what’s around you, discover local businesses and find services close to home.

And it goes further than simply listing a business.

Businesses can become part of the local communities, groups and networks that matter to them.

YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR CATEGORY. YOUR NETWORK.

Your local connection might be a postcode district, town, village, High Street, shopping centre, industrial estate, business park, school, charity, event, magazine, manufacturer or another community.

We can create a dedicated category around it, allowing the businesses connected to that community to be discovered together.

One community. One category. A whole network of businesses.

CONNECTED TO YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

The Local Directory connects with a growing network of local Facebook groups and pages, helping businesses become part of the communities they serve.

Businesses can connect with the communities they serve through local Sales, Property & Maintenance, Autos, Weddings & Celebrations, Visit & Discover, Business & Professional Networking, Neighbourhood & Home Watch, Charities, Schools & Groups and more.

The directory and our social communities work together — helping local people discover local businesses, and helping local businesses reach local people.

Businesses Supporting Communities

The Local Directory isn’t only about helping businesses get found. It’s also about helping businesses support the communities around them.

Charities, schools, PTAs, community groups and other organisations can have their own dedicated category — bringing together the businesses that support them and giving those businesses another way to be discovered locally.

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YOUR BUSINESS. YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE.

Your listing becomes a place where customers can quickly discover who you are, what you do and how to contact you.

Your listing can include:

✓ Business information
✓ Address & location
✓ Telephone number
✓ Website
✓ Social media
✓ Opening hours
✓ Photos
✓ Description
✓ Categories

And because your listing is connected to local communities, customers can discover your business in more than one way.

MAKE SURE CUSTOMERS CAN FIND YOU

Your business name, address and telephone number are important parts of your online identity.

We encourage businesses to keep this information accurate and consistent wherever customers find you.

Name • Address • Phone (NAP)

WHO IS THE LOCAL DIRECTORY FOR?

🏪 LOCAL BUSINESSES

From independent shops and tradespeople to professional services and larger companies.

🏘️ LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Villages, towns, High Streets, neighbourhoods and postcode districts.

📰 LOCAL MAGAZINES

Give advertisers another way to be discovered online.

🏭 MANUFACTURERS

Help customers discover retailers and stockists of your products.

🎪 EVENTS

Connect exhibitors, businesses and visitors.

❤️ CHARITIES & GOOD CAUSES

Give supporters and businesses a place to connect.

🏫 SCHOOLS

Connect schools with businesses and local communities.

🛍️ SHOPPING CENTRES & BUSINESS PARKS

Bring the businesses within them together.

🏡 VILLAGES & LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Create a dedicated online community for your village and bring the businesses, services, events and organisations around it together.

Whether you’re a business, organisation, community or group, there’s a place for you in The Local Directory.

 

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CREATE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY

Your Community. Your Category.

What brings your local businesses together?

It could be a village, High Street, garden centre, shopping centre, industrial estate, business park, school, charity, event, magazine, manufacturer or even a particular product.

We can create a dedicated category for your community and provide a unique promotional code that allows the businesses connected to it to join the network.

One community can bring many businesses together — and give them a shared place to be discovered.

WE BELIEVE LOCAL MATTERS

Local businesses matter.
Local communities matter.
Local events matter.
Local charities matter.
And the people who support them matter.

The Local Directory is designed to bring them together.

FIND IT LOCAL.
USE IT LOCAL.
SUPPORT IT LOCAL.

READY TO BECOME PART OF THE NETWORK?

Whether you’re a business, organisation, community or group, there’s a place for you in The Local Directory.

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