Map-Logic, a Royal Mail PAF reseller, maintain and provide a range of databases designed to help businesses keep up to date with the latest Royal Mail postcode changes.
Richard Ives, Senior Partner at Map-Logic, says "Changes in the postcode system are essential to ensure the postal system continues to be as efficient as possible and these are undertaken on a regular basis by Royal Mail. New housing developments or business parks can lead to a shortage of Postcodes requiring Royal Mail to recode areas in order to create new postcode stock. As essential as these changes are, they can cause problems for companies who rely on Postcodes and related information in order to efficiently manage and run their business. These updated databases from Map-Logic are intended to help keep abreast of these latest changes and maintain business-critical operations."
The Map-Logic Postcode data products updated to reflect the latest changes include:
- Postcode Lists (http://www.map-
- Postcode Grid References (http://www.map-
- Postcode to Ward Tables (http://www.map-
- Postcode to NHS Areas (http://www.map-
- The Postcode Address File (http://www.map-
Further information about recent postcode changes can be found at http://www.map-
Richard Ives concludes "Keeping any data up to date is important but with 1.25 million addresses affected in an average year, it is essential to keep all address and Postcode information as up to date as possible. The impact of not doing so can lead to increased operational costs, increased wastage and the potential deterioration of brand and customer perception as customer details decay over time. By maintaining business-critical data, companies address these issues and can therefore help protect or even improve the bottom line"
