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Announcement about changes in PAF licence arrangements On 1st September 2006 the Royal Mail changed the way PAF® is licenced. That followed an extensive consultation period. All existing reseller contracts have been terminated giving 3 years notice and thus effective 31st August 2009. New licencing arrangements and pricing models are to be phased in over a three year transition period and it is planned that by 1st September 2009 all PAF® licencing will be based on the number of users (banded) and the specific type of application(s) in which postcode data is utilised/accessed. New licence fees will be effective from 1st September 2008, with further changes to come in September 2009. New Prices as follows:
The XYZ Digital Map Company is an approved reseller of the Royal Mail address database which will assure you access to the most accurate postal data available. Royal Mail data is updated monthly, and we can provide quarterly updates of the Royal Mail postal information.
A postcode is split into two parts an outward code and an inward code. E.g. our postcode EH22 3NX, EH22 is the outward code which tells the Royal Mail which delivery office the mail has to go to, 3NX is the inward code this combined with the building name or number gives the Royal Mail the location of the delivery point. EH - The postcode area, there are 124 in the UK EH22 - The postcode district, there are approximately 20 postcode districts in an area. EH22 3 - The postcode sector, there are approximately 3,000 addresses in a sector. EH22 3NX - The postcode unit, there are 15 addresses on average per unit.
I want a database of Postcodes for planning a direct mail campaign. Download some sample data PLEASE NOTE: The sample data will open in Excel but the full file or extracts will be too large for Excel and you will have to use Microsoft Access or similar. Click here to download our guide to the PAF and PostZon field names I need a database of Postcodes but with National Grid locations as I want to work out distances between Postcodes. Download some sample data PLEASE NOTE: The sample data will open in Excel but the full file or extracts will be too large for Excel and you will have to use Microsoft Access or similar. Click here to download our guide to the PAF and PostZon field names What type of licence do I need? I want to use the Postcode Database in my publicly accessible website. If you want to use PAF or PostZon on the web please contact us or call on 0131 454 0426 1. A 'Per Click' Web Licence:
2. An Internet System Licence:
Our postcode data is available in the form of a variety of products or as product combinations (listed below). You can purchase the data for the whole U.K. or just your area of interest. Products are sold as:
Updates are also available for the PAF & PostZon data. Click here.
The PAF can provide tabular data for about 27 million unique postal addresses and over 1.5 million unique postcodes in the UK. Possible
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Deliverable formats (Click to download some sample data):
Prices from £400 for the whole of the UK - Minimum charge if purchased from Royal Mail £750! Updates are also available for the PAF & PostZon data. Click here. Click here for info on using PAF & PostZon on the web PostZon is the Royal Mail brand name for the Postcode with a Grid Reference. There is data for over 1.5 million unique postcodes in the UK. The data comes in tabular format with attributes such as its National Grid reference, or it is available as GIS data points which includes the tabular information as attributes. The National Grid reference is at an accuracy to the nearest 100 metres. Possible uses:
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Prices from £250 for the whole of the UK - Minimum charge if purchased from Royal Mail £675! Updates are also available for the PAF & PostZon data. Click here. Click here for info on using PAF & PostZon on the web XYZ Maps Interactive Postcode Look-up Service This is especially appropriate for the person or organisation with the occasional need to look-up postcode data, where there are a large number of potential users within the organisation, or where there aren’t the appropriate technical skills to be able to interpret and work with the large Royal Mail data files. In a dedicated section of our web site, you will be able to register for this service, receive your user name and password, pay the sign up fee and be allocated an initial batch of 1,000 look-ups. This means that anyone in your organisation can be given access without you needing to worry about per-user licences, etc. On the web site users can enter a postcode and receive back the National Grid reference and / or the full address information as they prefer. Once your initial batch of look-ups runs out, it is a simple process to purchase additional blocks of 1,000 look-ups. There is no need for you to worry about annual renewals, quarterly or annual updates, etc as we maintain the database and deal with all of those issues.
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