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 […]

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 […]

OS has advised  that it is currently exploring the concept of ‘perpetual pricing’ for its AddressBase products https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/products/addressbase-products.html with the aim of introducing consistency with Royal Mail PAF Cleansed Data terms.     If this is of interest to you please feel free to contact Santiago Jagot at Ordnance Survey @ santi.jagot@os.co.uk by 13th October 2018

As we enter a new PAF year there are significant changes to the way in which the database is licensed. A new generic licence will come into force progressively through the year as agreements are renewed. It is shorter, simpler and more user-friendly than previous versions. But that is not the only change. Please review […]

Royal Mail responds to the Public Administration Select Committee report on Statistics and Open Data and points to further initiatives to help the spread of PAF usage. The PAB chairman identifies four priorities – raising awareness of innovations in PAF licensing, licence simplification, quality assurance on PAF data and examining the costs of PAF maintenance. […]

A collection of news archives from our previous website dating from 2014 – 2009.       24.01.2014 – Counties Consultation results RESULTS OF CONSULTATION ON THE COUNTY INFORMATION IN PAF Results available under paper PAF(14)3 Consulatation is launched PAB launches consultation on the inclusion of county information in PAF The inclusion of three types […]