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Criteria and fees

What an entry costs, what it requires, and what it can never buy

The published rules for the paid supplier register, including the grounds for refusal.

The published rules for the paid supplier register, including the grounds for refusal.
The published rules for the paid supplier register, including the grounds for refusal.

The fee

A register entry costs £300 plus VAT for twelve months. One price, one entry type. There is no premium tier, no featured placement and no upgrade, because tiers are how a directory becomes a ranking without admitting it.

The fee is the same for a sole trader consultancy and for a multinational manufacturer. Renewal is at the same rate and is not automatic: we ask you to confirm the facts are still correct before we republish them.

What an entry must disclose

  • Legal entity name and company number, so a reader can look you up at Companies House.
  • Registered address, as filed.
  • Categories of work, chosen from our published list rather than written as marketing copy.
  • Certifications, each with the standard, the scope and the issuing body. A certification without a scope is not published.
  • A single contact route, which may be a website or an email address.

That is the entire entry. There is no description field, no strapline and no logo, because those are the fields through which a factual listing turns into an advertisement.

What the fee cannot buy

  • It cannot buy a position. Entries are alphabetical by legal entity name.
  • It cannot buy a mention in an article. Our articles name no companies.
  • It cannot buy a translation entry, or the removal of one. The translation index is not for sale in any direction.
  • It cannot buy the removal of a critical description of a practice. We describe practices, not companies, so there is nothing company specific to remove.
  • It cannot buy a link that passes authority. Register links are nofollow.
  • It cannot buy editorial contact. Register sales and editorial are handled through separate routes.

Grounds for refusal or removal

  • The legal entity or company number does not resolve.
  • A claimed certification cannot be stated with a scope and an issuing body.
  • The entity is subject to an unresolved enforcement action we are aware of relating to product safety or misleading practices.
  • The applicant asks for editorial coverage, a ranking, a link that is not nofollow, or any change to an article as part of the arrangement.
  • The applicant supplies facts that turn out to be inaccurate. We remove the entry and do not refund.

How to apply

Use the contact page and select the register route. We will send the disclosure form. Entries are published in the next scheduled update after payment and verification of the checkable items.

Why these rules are public

Because published rules are the only kind that can be enforced against us by you. A directory whose criteria are private is a directory whose criteria can change quietly for a large enough customer. Ours are here, dated, and any departure from them would be visible.

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