First let's get this straight: anyone, yes anyone, can add businesses to BrownBook - you don't need to register, you can do it right now, and it's FREE. Do you know of a business that should be in BrownBook but isn't - a business you've used; your business; your friend's; your neighbor's; members of your local business networking group? Give it a try, add it now.

(Tip: We have over 2.2million businesses in The Brownbook already, you may want to check its not there already, try searching for the business name and the town, e.g. "Horsman in Ambleside").

BrownBook is built by all of us, for all of us. Help us keep it clean, tidy and useful. If you spot errors you can easily change them. Be a good citizen and make changes where you see they’re needed. You don’t need to register, but if you do you’ll be able to go back to any of your past changes at any time.

Pick up litter too. Yep, if you see vandalism, why not be the one to fix it. If not you, it'll only be someone else. We launched BrownBook with a strong belief and respect for positive human nature, it's our hope that those of us who are decent and responsible outnumber those who are not. Please help us prove this to be right.