Data Zone Announcements

GBR and UK Quarter 4 Shipping Dates

- 5 November 08

UK Q4 data shipped from 22nd October - 29th October. GBR data will be shipping from the 30th October - 6th November. If you believe you have not received your update, please allow 5 working days after the last date in these ranges before you request a re-shipment.

Please click here should you need to request a re-shipment.

Latest Changes for September Q4 2008 UK and GBR Data

- 5 November 08

United Kingdom Westminster Parliament

There have been several changes to Members of Parliament and their Parties over the last 3 months. This affects the GBRWPT.dap file for GBR data. For UK data, the qapcmp.inf file will need to be updated to reflect these changes.

United Kingdom Local Authority Ward

There have been several changes to Local Authority Ward Codes and Names over the last 3 months. This affects the GBRHEL.dap file for GBR data. For UK data, the qaward.inf file will need to be updated to reflect these changes.

GBR and UK Quarter 3 Shipping Dates

- 4 August 08

GBR Q3 data shipped from 30th July - 4th August. UK data will be shipping from the 6th August - 13th August. If you believe you have not received your update, please allow 5 working days after the last date in these ranges before you request a re-shipment.

Please click here should you need to request a re-shipment.

GBR and UK Quarter 2 Shipping Dates

- 29 April 08

GBR Q2 data shipped from 25th – 29th April. UK data will be shipping from the 2nd – 8th May. If you believe you have not received your update, please allow 5 working days after the last date in these ranges before you request a re-shipment.

Please click here should you need to request a re-shipment.

New Country Data Sets Available with QAS Pro Web

- 25 April 08

QAS now provides data for 74 countries and territories for use with QAS Pro Web. So whether you are growing your international business or simply finding that your customers are becoming more diverse, QAS is able to help. These new data sets cover Western Europe, Eastern Europe and East Asia with full world coverage to follow later in 2008.

For more information, please visit our International Data web page.

QAS PAF DataPlus Now Available on a Monthly Cycle

- 9 April 08

Previously, only the Government PAF DataPlus set was available on a monthly cycle (gbrgov.dap). This has now been extended to cover all PAF DataPlus sets. The DataPlus files for GBR data now available on a monthly cycle are:

• PAF (gbrpdp.dap)

• ONS & Postzone (gbrgov.dap, gbrhel.dap, gbrw98.dap, gbrwpt.dap)

• CACI (gbracr.dap)

• Code Point (gbrcpt.dap)

• Experian (gbrmos.dap)

• 100m Postzon Grids (gbrgrd.dap)

Latest Changes for March Q2 2008 UK and GBR Data

- 7 April 08

Primary Care and Local Health Authority

On 13 December 2007 Bournemouth and Poole PCT (5QN) became Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT, Cumbria PCT (5NE) became Cumbria Teaching PCT and North Tees PCT (5E1) became North Tees Teaching PCT. This affects the GBRHEL.dap DataPlus file for GBR data. For UK data, the qapclh.inf file will need to be updated to reflect these changes.