Reach the whole town

Advertise & sponsor

Put your business in front of the people who live here. Two ad spaces, bought online, in a few minutes.


How it works

  1. Choose your ad space and length
  2. Pay by card
  3. Upload your image and your link
  4. An editor reviews it, usually within 2 business days
  5. It runs, labelled Advertisement

Buy an ad

One image, 300 × 250

Run-of-site ad

Your ad shows up all over the site, taking turns with a few other local businesses.

Where it appears

  • Beside Local News, Community Notices and articles
  • On the Events pages when no Events sponsor is booked
  • Taking turns with up to three other local advertisers

Never on Alerts, the homepage or the Directory.

How long should it run?

An editor checks every ad before it runs, usually within two business days. Every ad carries an Advertisement label.

One image, 300 × 250

Events sponsor

The only ad on the events calendar and on every event page, for your whole booking.

Where it appears

  • The events calendar
  • Every event page
  • Yours alone — one sponsor at a time, no rotation

Free now — yours as soon as it is approved

How long should it run?

An editor checks every ad before it runs, usually within two business days. Every ad carries an Advertisement label.

Not sure? Ask us.

Tell us what you sell and we will say which ad space fits. If you have a logo or a flyer but not a 300 × 250 image, email it to us and we will set it up for you.

Ask a question

What a good ad looks like

Big name, one line about what you do, and where to find you. Nothing smaller than you would put on a shop window.

In the directory

Directory listings

A basic listing is free. Featured and Premium listings put your business higher in the directory and on the homepage.

Listing

Free

$0

No card, no renewal

  • Name, address, description and category
  • Phone, email and website
  • Opening hours
  • Up to 3 photos
List for free

Most chosen

Featured

$10 a month

or $100 a year — two months free

  • Everything in Free, plus
  • A "Featured listing" badge
  • First place in your category and in search
  • Social links
  • Up to 10 photos
Choose Featured

Listing

Premium

$25 a month

or $250 a year — two months free

  • Everything in Featured, plus
  • Your logo and a video
  • Up to 20 photos
  • First place in the homepage Directory highlights
Choose Premium

Nonprofits: ask us about half-price listings. Paying never skips review: an editor checks every listing before it appears.

Our disclosure rule

Every paid placement is visually and textually distinguishable from editorial content. Advertisers get no say in what we cover, and buying a placement never changes an editorial decision.

Ask us, or plan something bigger

Not sure which ad space fits? No 300 × 250 image? Want a newsletter sponsorship, several months at once, or something not listed here? Tell us a little and we will reply with a suggestion, rates and availability.