# The New Union: Agent-Direct Score D (49.2%)

Site: https://www.newunionhotel.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/newunionhotel.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The New Union is hard for agents to use.
An AI assistant can open The New Union's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through app.thebookingbutton.com.

## Direct links
- Phone: +44 161 870 0031
- Address: Princess Street 111 M1 6JB Manchester

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The New Union that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- New York New York (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/newyorknewyorkbar.com
- FunnyBoyz Manchester (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/funnyboyz.co.uk
- Sthan-M1 (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/sthan.co.uk
- Richmond Tea Rooms (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/richmondtearooms.com
- Area (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/areamanchester.net

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The New Union",
  "url": "https://www.newunionhotel.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+44 161 870 0031",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Princess Street 111",
    "postalCode": "M1 6JB",
    "addressLocality": "Manchester",
    "addressCountry": "GB"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 53.4762896,
    "longitude": -2.2384702
  }
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# The New Union

> bar or pub in Princess Street 111 M1 6JB Manchester, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +44 161 870 0031.

## About

- Website: https://www.newunionhotel.co.uk/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.

## Where it stands
713 of 1309 in Manchester cafes and bars. Top 54% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: G-A-Y (D, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/g-a-yandheaven.co.uk); New York New York (C, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/newyorknewyorkbar.com); FunnyBoyz Manchester (B, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/funnyboyz.co.uk); Sthan-M1 (B, 77 m, https://directindex.org/r/sthan.co.uk); Vanilla (F, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/vanillagirls.co.uk); Cruz 101 (F, 124 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatsoma.com); Richmond Tea Rooms (B, 131 m, https://directindex.org/r/richmondtearooms.com); The Rem Bar (F, 138 m, https://directindex.org/r/therembrandtmanchester.com); Area (C, 145 m, https://directindex.org/r/areamanchester.net); The Molly House (C, 146 m, https://directindex.org/r/themollyhouse.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. The New Union wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/newunionhotel.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The New Union in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars | 1309 | 49% | 24% | 49.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Manchester cafes and bars: Pink Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/pinkcafe.co.uk); Popworld (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/popworldparty.co.uk); The Waldorf (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/greatlocalpubs.co.uk); Stamford Arms (A 98.5%, https://directindex.org/r/stamfordarmsstalybridge.co.uk); Darts 59 (A 96.9%, https://directindex.org/r/bar59ashton.co.uk).

With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 7th of 1,309 in Manchester cafes and bars, up from 713th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The New Union, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/newunionhotel.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 161 870 0031

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 1 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/newunionhotel.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/newunionhotel.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/newunionhotel.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=newunionhotel.co.uk&force=1