Thursday, April 5, 2018
2018 marks the 35th anniversary of AFD’s humble beginnings in a small Scottish village. In this edition of Postcode News, we take a look at the AFD story – growing from a home-based business into the leading data validation solution provider in the UK.
Interviews with some of the longest-serving staff give insight into what has kept them here and the reasons why they believe AFD has seen continued growth.
Thursday, Jan 4, 2018
After four years of preparation and debate, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally approved by the EU Parliament on 14th April 2016.
Wednesday, Jan 3, 2018
Imagine being able to revolutionise education with relational-based, project-based learning that arouses and sustains a child’s curiosity.
Monday, Oct 16, 2017
The Historical Association brings together people who love history, study history and teach history. Its members and subscribers want access to an unparalleled depth of history-related learning resources and to engage with a like-minded community. The Association has delivered this as a charity since it was founded in 1906.
Friday, Sep 15, 2017
AFD Software – trusted experts in name, address and bank data validation solutions recently sponsored My Home Move’s Head of Legal Practice Rob Gurney to cycle the length of the country!
Wednesday, Jul 5, 2017
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has an important role in English football. It protects, improves and negotiates the conditions, rights and status of thousands of professional players – and has done so for over a century. Today, it is the longest-established professional sports union in the world, enabling its members to thrive.
Tuesday, Jul 4, 2017
In your customer, prospect, supporter or member data is hidden valuable insight and understanding waiting to be discovered. Imagine being able to better understand the patterns of success in your organisation and use this knowledge to increase the effectiveness of your marketing, communications and planning. With Censation® you can.
Saturday, Apr 8, 2017
Have you implemented email address checking from AFD Software?
Friday, Apr 7, 2017
If you could choose between getting one in ten railway journeys free or, having the money for the tenth journey invested to improve the rail network - which would you choose?
Sunday, Jan 8, 2017
With nearly 50,000 customers across 107 branches, Safestore is the largest UK self-storage group.
Saturday, Jan 7, 2017
Imagine being able to choose a charity and have a donation made on your behalf by the company you work for. That is what happens each year at AFD Software and our colleagues love it
Saturday, Oct 1, 2016
If you have visited Ireland, you will know that finding a specific Irish address can be difficult. Why? Mainly because one third of Irish addresses are not unique – and they have no property name or number.
Saturday, Oct 1, 2016
What will drive your organisation to new levels of excellence in data stewardship and accuracy? In our search for extra insight to help you achieve more, we met with Skipton Building Society. Why? We reckoned we ought to be able to learn from an organisation driven to excellence not only by regulation and duty of care but also by its culture. We were not disappointed!
Friday, Jul 1, 2016
Unique Fundraising had some unique issues with address and bank data validation. It started with a conversation with us about connectivity and losing customers. It progressed to not only solving this problem but uncovering savings of over £40,000 through extracting untapped wealth from existing data. How? Through our free consultancy.
Friday, Apr 1, 2016
Colleges and Further Education organisations rely on accurate contact data for a number of reasons, including communications and engagement with students, parents and employers, accurate data returns, and geodemographic profiling of students allowing a better understanding of their background.
Saturday, Jan 30, 2016
Towards the end of last year, AFD software held its annual charity event which celebrated staff-nominated donations to well over seventy charities, with donations totalling over £750,000.
Friday, Jan 1, 2016
During an upgrade to a new Enterprise Resource Planning System, Corney & Barrow implemented tight address data controls to maximise customer relationships in both the UK and Asia.
Sunday, Nov 1, 2015
After analysing their address data using our Free Healthcheck Service, MTA were disappointed with the poor state of their address book until AFD was implemented.
Thursday, Oct 1, 2015
In 2015, AFD Software relocated to the Mountain View Innovation Centre (MVIC). The £3 million investment delivers spacious office accommodation, recreational and social facilities.
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2015
StepChange Debt Charity added automatic data updates, transparent licensing and resilience when they made the upgrade to AFD.
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2015
Wincanton saved customers time and money by optimising order of deliveries and minimising failed deliveries.
Thursday, Jan 1, 2015
Multi-channel mail order company Damart minimise duplicate UK and US customer details in mail order data entry, their contact centre and website.
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2014
AFD Mobile Products are proven in the field to speed up data entry on the move by up to 90% and minimise errors.
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014
Each year AFD Group staff are invited to nominate a charity which the company can support by making a donation on their behalf. In November last year more than 50 charities received donations including the National Autistic Society (NAS) and Hope for Justice.
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014
Imagine a rapid, accurate address entry solution that needs no integration to work with any Windows application – yet it works seamlessly. Just type the postcode or partial address into the program and the address appears.
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014
Johnston Press have saved staff time, become more responsive and minimised operational errors with AFD.
Saturday, Oct 1, 2011
Yorkshire Water use Names & Numbers to find customer contact name and address details faster – with as many phone numbers as possible.
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009
Reverse searching for customers by using either telephone number or postcode helps minimise abandoned calls and speed up data entry by up to 90%.
