Last updated: September 2026
Rising News is a UK publication focused on the people behind businesses. We cover appointments, promotions, founders, teams, interviews, career moves and professional milestones. Business news may also be covered where the people involved are central to the story.
Our aim is to provide a credible, professionally presented home for people-in-business news. Every submission is reviewed before publication and may be edited to meet our editorial standards.
Accuracy and verification
We aim to publish information that is accurate and clearly presented.
Before publication, we will check key factual information where appropriate, including:
- names;
- job titles and roles;
- appointment or promotion details;
- relevant dates; and
- other significant factual claims contained within the story.
Where information is unclear, incomplete or inconsistent, we may ask the contributor or relevant contact for clarification before publishing.
Our editorial standards specifically require verification of names, job titles, dates and key facts.
Editorial review and editing
Submitting or paying for a story does not mean that supplied material will automatically be published as received.
Rising News may edit:
- headlines;
- introductions;
- wording;
- structure;
- overly promotional language; and
- other elements necessary to make an article suitable for publication.
Where useful, we may also add relevant context rather than reproducing a press release or submitted article unchanged.
We aim to preserve the substance of genuine news while presenting it in a consistent Rising News editorial style.
Editorial independence
Payment gives a customer access to our editorial review process. It does not give the customer editorial control.
Payment does not guarantee:
- acceptance for publication;
- the wording of an article;
- the headline;
- homepage or other prominent placement;
- search-engine indexing;
- search rankings;
- backlinks; or
- any particular level of readership or traffic.
Final editorial decisions remain with Rising News.
The same editorial standards apply to every submission, including stories involving businesses, agencies or clients connected to the people behind Rising News.
What we publish
Rising News is a people-first publication.
Our core editorial areas are:
- appointments and promotions;
- senior hires and career moves;
- new teams and department launches;
- founders and leadership profiles;
- interviews;
- professional milestones; and
- stories about people at different stages of their careers.
Business wins, partnerships, funding and growth stories may also be considered where there is a clear and meaningful people or team angle.
The people involved should be central to the story rather than simply being included as an incidental quote or reference.
Images and other media
Images submitted for publication must have appropriate usage permission.
Contributors may be required to provide:
- the source of an image;
- the photographer or copyright credit where applicable; and
- confirmation that the image can legally be supplied to Rising News for publication.
Rising News may decline to use an image where its ownership or usage rights are unclear.
Supplied video may also be embedded where appropriate, subject to editorial review.
Artificial intelligence
AI tools may be used to assist with editorial checks or other parts of the production process.
AI does not replace editorial responsibility. Content published by Rising News is subject to final human approval.
Corrections
Rising News will provide a clear route for readers, contributors and people featured in our coverage to raise concerns about published information.
Where a correction is requested, it will be reviewed editorially and appropriate action taken where necessary.
Corrections contact: editor@risingnews.co.uk
Search and discoverability
We structure articles so that they are clear, accessible and useful to readers. This includes descriptive headlines, appropriate article markup and mobile-friendly pages.
We may use appropriate sponsored or nofollow attributes on commercial links where required.
Rising News does not promise or guarantee search-engine rankings, indexing or backlinks.
Search is considered a longer-term discovery channel rather than something that can be guaranteed as part of publication.
Paid submissions and disclosure
Rising News operates a paid-submission model, but payment does not remove our editorial judgement or standards.
