About us

About us

Intelligent Addressing is an information management specialist and data provider, focusing on land and property data, specifically addressing and spatial referencing. IA manage the national datasets for local government; National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) and National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and help local government meet its objectives with these datasets.

The company was set up in 1999 by its current Managing Director, Michael Nicholson. IA was formerly the operating division of Property Intelligence (PI). PI was launched in 1986 and became the UK’s leading provider of online commercial property information. Addresses are a key data search attribute and PI’s success was, in large part, as a result of its detailed understanding of property addressing in the UK and its ability to match and manage address updating. In 1999, PI took the decision to concentrate all its address management and gazetteering skill into one operating division and formed Intelligent Addressing.

When PI was sold to the CoStar Corporation (USA) in January 2003, IA was de-merged and is now owned by Intelligent Addressing (Holdings) Ltd. Many of the original data specialists from PI are retained by IA, providing over 200 years experience of address management. IA undertakes all of its data management skills in-house, under the direction of four directors who oversee the key operational areas.

  • Michael Nicholson, Managing Director
  • Simon Barlow, Services Director
  • Tony Black, Operations Director
  • Nick Griffiths, Technical Director
Any organisation that depends on the accuracy, manageability and versatility of its information can profit from our expertise. Intelligent Addressing has developed proprietary software specifically for cleansing, matching and de-duplicating large address datasets for clients in a wide range of sectors including:
  • Estate agency
  • Financial services providers
  • Insurance
  • Legal
  • Central government
  • Land and Property (owners and managers)
  • Local government
  • Surveying
  • Telecoms
  • Utilities

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ISO Certification

ISO 9001 & UKASIntelligent Addressing operates a Quality Management System (QMS) which is certified by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd (LRQA) to meet the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000. The QMS is fully audited every 3 years by LRQA to ensure continuing compliance.

The IA QMS is applicable to 'Provision to the public and private sectors of information management and consultancy services, relating to address location information and street information'. IA's QMS continues to be part of the on-going management of the business, centred around the definition and management of IA business processes.

IA's management is committed to providing services that consistently meet the needs and expectations of both our clients and our staff. Accordingly, the following policies have been established:

"We listen to and understand our customer needs and provide them with exceptional support and service.

We will continue to exceed our customer's expectations through the continual improvement of performance, reliability, responsiveness and value.

We monitor and develop our staff's skills to ensure that they are able to fulfil their role within the company and benefit from personal professional development."

Quality objectives have been established and are reviewed at all relevant areas and levels of the organisation. These are reviewed for suitability at appropriate times, and have been designed to be measurable and consistent with the policy.

This policy has been communicated and understood throughout the organisation. All staff have the responsibility to familiarise themselves with both this policy and the sections of the Operating Procedures relevant to their specific roles.

Michael Nicholson states "as Managing Director, I accept ultimate responsibility for Quality, and through the Management Team, will continually review and improve the effectiveness of our Quality Management System."

Verify IA's ISO 9001:2008 certificate on-line.

Registered Office: Ivybridge House, 1 Adam Street, London, WC2N 6DD
Registered in England: 386 3861
VAT no: GB 802 2589 46

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Oracle Partner Network

Oracle Partner Network logoAs a member of the Oracle Partner Network, Intelligent Addressing invests in training on the latest Oracle technology and innovations. Our staff have a wide range of experience and knowledge of database software systems, with Oracle being a core technology for the services we provide to our customers.

Our goal is to continue to invest in the use of technology through relationships with our database software providers, of which Oracle is a key partner.