Correction Policy

NewsFormal publishes hundreds of business briefs a week. We work hard to get them right, and when we get one wrong we fix it quickly and say so.

1. Our Commitment

If a brief contains a factual error, a misleading headline, a wrong figure or a misattributed statement, we correct it as soon as the error is confirmed. We do not quietly rewrite history.

2. How to Request a Correction

E-mail [email protected] with the subject line Correction — [article URL]. Please include the URL of the brief, the specific passage you believe is wrong, and a source we can check against. Requests that include a verifiable source are resolved fastest.

3. Correction Process

• The request is reviewed by the desk that edited the brief.
• We check the claim against the original source reporting and, where needed, other independent coverage.
• If the error is confirmed, the brief is corrected and its "updated" timestamp changes.
• For material corrections, a note is added to the brief describing what was changed and when.
• If the error originated in the source publication, we correct our brief, note the discrepancy, and continue to link the original for context.

4. Headlines and Metadata

Corrections apply to headlines, summaries, social-media text and risk and opportunity assessments as well as the body of the brief. Where a correction changes the risk assessment, the archived assessment is updated too.

5. Response Time

Every request is acknowledged and assessed as soon as possible. Confirmed factual errors are typically corrected within 24 hours and always within 48 hours of confirmation. Requests concerning a person's reputation or safety are prioritised.

6. What We Do Not Correct

Differences of opinion, editorial emphasis and the choice of which stories to cover are not corrections. We are happy to hear that feedback too; see our Actionable Feedback Policy.

7. Continuous Improvement

Recurring error patterns feed back into our source selection, our AI prompts and our review checklists so the same mistake is less likely to happen twice.