AFD Names & Numbers

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Names & Numbers is a comprehensive reference to UK names, addresses and telephone numbers. It provides fast, accurate, entry and management of address data and easy extracts of data sets from over 2 million organisations and over 34 million people and places. Users include Mail Order, Call Centres, Insurance, Retail, Tracing and Membership Organisations.

Powerful and comprehensive API enables application developers to put advanced name and address management features quickly and easily at the heart of programs.

Names & Numbers Data:

• 34 million people First Name, Initial & Surname, Gender, Residency
• 16 million with residential phone numbers
• 2 million organisations
• Standard Industry Classification (SIC)
• Business descriptions like 'Solicitors'
• 26.5 million UK addresses
• 92% matched to DPS level
• Ordnance Survey Grid References and distances
• Mailsort codes
• NHS codes and names of areas and regions
• Local Authority Ward codes & names
• Parliamentary Constituencies

Names & Numbers Benefits:

• Reduce keying of names & addresses by over 80%
• Key and verify full contact details from just the postcode
• Reduce fraud - check people live where they say
• Build professional, consistent reliable databases.
• Trace contacts & addresses from tiny fragments of information

Names & Numbers uses extended public and commercial databases to deliver the names of most occupants - and telephone numbers of many - along with the activities of most businesses.

Rapid Address entry - Entering addresses is simple - and fast:

By postcode and building: 13,BL8 1JA

By postcode and surname: Dolman, BL8 1JA

Address Lookup - Lookup of names & addresses is simple:

By name: John Dolman

By name & address: John Dolman, bury

Superdrug, Bury

John, BL8 1JA

13 Birks Drive

By phone number: 0161 763 5004

Advanced Searching - To meet more demanding enquiries, names & numbers boasts powerful and sophisticated search facilities:

• Phonetic - sounds like 'Smythe' but not spelled 'Smith
• Spelled Like - find spelling mistakes even where they alter the sound of a word
• Family - find Janet + John smith at the same address
• Business Type - find 'Solicitors' or 'Accountants'
• Radius - find Solicitors within a 3 mile radius of E14 5JD
• Wild Cards - starts with, ends with, contains

Names & Numbers Dynamic Link Library (DLL) provides a powerful and simple way for programmers to integrate the power of AFD Names & Numbers directly into their database or application running under Windows 95, 98, NT, Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. The programming involved will vary with the language you are using, but examples are provided which make it very easy for most popular languages and the principles illustrated will guide developers in other environments. If you are using one of the example languages, you can simply paste the bits of program into your own code, for immediate use.

Sample Source code is provided for VB and C/C++.

All products in the afd postcode range require an Annual Data license. Initial prices include a data license for one year. The Annual Renewal fee includes a data license, a full new data set, an upgrade to the latest program release and a full technical support service.