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 […]

Following discussions between the PAF Advisory Board and the Address Management Unit within Royal Mail, it has been agreed that the PAF Code of Practice for address changes will in future be reviewed when considered appropriate by both parties. This is likely to be in response to issues raised by customers, significant changes to the […]

The PAF Advisory Board and RM Address Management Unit representatives are holding a special open discussion meeting in November 2018 to look into the future development of PAF.  We would welcome written input from both Solution Providers and End Users of PAF with suggestions for additional data items that could be added to PAF.  These […]

It is with sadness that the PAF Advisory Board learnt of the death of Philip ‘Phil’ Good on 5th December 2017.  He was one of the first people to understand the importance of the postcode in identifying an address for the purposes of delivery of mail and parcels and developed a postcode recognition business in […]

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