Are you getting fed up when sending out mail-shots, brochures, promotional goods and finding that some of the addresses are incorrect and that you have started to receive RETURNED post? Well, if so, PAF® and PostZon is the answer you have been looking for and tas are here to provide you with the solution!
The Royal Mail's Postcode Address File, or PAF®, is the most up-to-date and complete address database in the UK, containing over 28 million addresses, which includes 1.7 million business addresses.
PAF® is an invaluable tool for creating and maintaining mailing lists and databases, as well as reducing the number of returned or undelivered items.
Postzon is an additional data file that includes grid references, NHS and Local Authority names and codes for each of the PAF® records.
What are PAF® and PostZon used for?
The datasets (PAF® and Postzon) are used in a variety of ways. The main uses are by UK businesses for correct addressing which falls into several areas:-
• Speeding up address lookup by employees.
• Speeding up address lookup by customers online.
• Cleaning and updating address records on a customer database.
• Reducing the number of returned or undelivered items.
Additionally the datasets can be used by businesses for:-
• Identifying business or consumer addresses within a set radius of a Postcode for mailshot purposes.
• Making online order processes quicker and easier.
• Integrating any of these uses seamlessly into a bespoke application.
We offer PAF® and PostZon datasets in a raw format so you can manipulate the data as you wish.
Please contact tas for pricing and further details on PAF® and PostZon products.
NB: tas are a licensed data solution provider of PAF® (Royal Mail Postcode Address File) and PostZon for Royal Mail Group Plc.
