The PAB is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Hartland, COO of Data8, as a member of the Advisory Board. Richard is a former member of the PAF User Group. He brings a wealth of experience from senior leadership roles across the data industry, and through co-founding Data8, where he currently leads on solutions production, […]

All users of PAF Are your mailing addresses sufficiently up to date? When did you last update your mailing list? On average, the PAF file records over 50,000 changes per month. These include new addresses, changes to existing address details and removal of addresses which are no longer operational. The PAF file is updated daily. To ensure you are […]

In 2017, the PAB sponsored a study of how delays faced by residents moving into new property in having their address appear on PAF could be reduced. Implementation of the recommendations in the study, which was carried out by Data Advance, have so far reduced the average delay by nearly a third. Royal Mail correctly […]

Rowena Humby from STARCOUNT attended the PAB meeting in July 2021 and presented detail of a tool to help organisations better target potential and existing customers, which includes PAF as one of the source data sets. The presentation can be accessed here.  

The AMU have advised they have been assessed at ‘Gold’ level by the Team at Investors In People (IIP) for the third time.   Congratulations go to the AMU for this achievement. The recognition is particularly significant as the assessment came against a backdrop of Systems Changes in the AMUs Doxford customer contact centre, an […]

The Address Management Unit (AMU) have just circulated their latest newsletter to Service Providers, which includes detail on the PAF Advisory Board and an update on the status of the Public Sector Licence (PSL). The newsletter can be accessed via the following link: www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/March-2020.pdf

The AMU have produced a flyer for people getting ready to move into a newly built home, to help them understand how to ensure their address is registered within PAF and able to receive mail. A copy of the flyer is included here. New home flyer -MASTER For any further information regarding not yet built […]

The survey is now closed. The PAF Advisory Board would like to thank all respondents who completed the survey questionnaire. Your input will help shape the PAF going forward. Look out for more news on the survey in the future.

The AMU has advised that they are removing a clause within the Multiple Residence, Not Yet Built and UK Addresses Licence agreements about notifying and discussing changes to the agreements with the PAF Advisory Board. The clause was a copy of the PAF agreement but is not appropriate on the other three agreements as they […]

The AMU has informed that they are extending the availability of free access to PAF data for small charities, so that PAF Solutions Providers will also now be able to offer free licensing to qualifying organisations. The offer will work using the same processes as the Public Sector Licence (PSL), in that qualifying charities will […]