People ↔ Local Businesses

BusinessCloser to home.

Discover the businesses around your neighbourhood — and give local businesses a better way to show up where their customers already live.

Where can I get a birthday cake nearby?

Local bakeryBusiness profile · nearby

Neighbourhood caféBusiness profile · local discovery

Home bakerRelevant local result

For residents

Find more of what's around you.

The places people need every day are already nearby. Restaurants. Shops. Salons. Pharmacies. Gyms. Cafés. Professional services. The problem is that finding them is often scattered across signs, social media, search results, group chats and word of mouth.

My Corner brings local discovery into the neighbourhood experience, so a resident can start with a simple need and find businesses relevant to where they actually are.

Not another giant directory. A clearer view of your local world.

What are you looking for around here?

“Somewhere to eat nearby”Discover local restaurants and cafés.

“A printing shop around here”Find businesses serving your area.

“Where can I buy furniture?”Turn local intent into local discovery.

Your business on My Corner

Business Profile concept

WHAT YOU DOA clear description of the business and what it offers.

WHERE YOU OPERATEPublic business location or relevant service area.

WHEN TO VISITUseful opening and availability information.

SHOW, DON'T JUST TELLPhotos and media that help residents understand the business.

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOWDeals or promotions where supported.

For businesses

Be useful before you try to be promotional.

A Business Profile is intended to give a local business a proper home inside My Corner: what you do, where you operate, when people can find you and enough context for someone to decide what to do next.

For the business, that means being discoverable at the moment of local intent. For the resident, it means getting useful information rather than just another advertisement.

Roadmap: Business Profiles and associated commercial tools should be presented as planned until implementation is verified.

The local journey

From “I need something” to “I found it nearby.”

The strongest Business experience is not a separate directory. It connects a resident's need to useful local information and then gives them an appropriate next step.

1 · NeedA resident starts with a real local question.

2 · DiscoverMy Corner surfaces relevant local businesses.

3 · UnderstandThe Business Profile gives context before action.

4 · ActVisit, enquire, view an offer or use another supported action.

Grow where your customers live

A local presence that can grow with the business.

The commercial opportunity starts with useful discovery. Businesses that want to do more can eventually add richer tools for promotion and insight — without turning the resident experience into an advertising wall.

Business Profiles

Build a richer local presence and help residents understand the business.

Local Deals

Give nearby residents a timely reason to notice, visit or enquire.

Local advertising

Reach appropriate neighbourhoods or broad service areas with privacy-conscious campaigns.

Business insights

Understand aggregated signals such as profile or campaign engagement where supported.

My Corner AI

Make local business information easier to discover through natural questions and grounded results.

Coming to My Corner: Deals, sponsored discovery, advertising and business insights are planned capabilities, not claims of current paid availability or revenue.

The business model

Start with local utility. Monetise the tools that help businesses do more.

The intended model keeps the resident experience useful while creating optional commercial tools for businesses that want richer presentation, promotion, advertising and insight.

Be presentBasic local business discovery.

Stand outEnhanced profile and sponsored visibility.

Create actionDeals and local promotions.

LearnAggregated business and campaign insights.

This describes the planned monetisation architecture. It is not a statement of current revenue or live paid availability.

Why it belongs in My Corner

A business is part of the neighbourhood, not a separate tab in someone's life.

A resident might find a provider in the morning, discover a neighbourhood event in the afternoon, buy something through Marketplace and look for somewhere to eat that evening. Business fits into that same local network.

Community↔Trusted Hire↔Marketplace↔Business↔Local information↔My Corner AI

Business or service provider?

Two different needs. One local network.

Business

A local organisation residents discover as a business: somewhere to visit, buy from, enquire with or keep up with. Its Business Profile explains what the organisation offers, where it operates, when it is available and the information a customer needs before deciding whether to engage.

“Where should I eat?” → Business

Trusted Hire provider

A person or service operator residents hire to carry out a specific job. Trusted Hire is built around the job journey: comparing provider evidence, sending a structured request, agreeing the work and moving through the service safely.

“Who can repair my leaking pipe?” → Trusted Hire

The distinction is based on what the resident is trying to do. If they are discovering an organisation, place or commercial offering, Business is the appropriate route. If they need someone to perform a specific piece of work, Trusted Hire is the appropriate route. A provider or organisation may appear in both where both uses genuinely apply.