Bullet points are brilliant for summarising key points and highlighting important information. They can break up long and hard-to-read sentences and help people find what they're looking for on the page.

Our policy on them is pretty simple:

• They should always follow a colon
• Use square bullet points whenever possible
• Plus a few extra rules that you can read below

If the sentence before the colon and the bullets after it form a continuous sentence, each line starts with a lowercase letter and there is no punctuation:

In catered accommodation there is a:

• common room
• bar
• laundrette

If the bullets do not follow on in a continuous sentence, each line starts with an uppercase letter and there's no punctuation:

Catered accommodation offers a wide range of facilities:

• Access to a kitchen
• Bike storage
• Laundrette

If the bullets are in a self-contained list, each one starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop:

• Each kitchen is equipped with a sink, kettle, toaster, microwave, hob, oven, cupboard space, fridge and freezer.