Aligned Assets are a UK-based company from

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that develops address management, gazetteer

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and Augmented Reality solutions for local authorities, the

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and the commercial sector. They almost exclusively work with the AddressBase products from the

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History

Aligned Assets were formed in 1996 by Carl Nunn, later joined by Phil Gee in 1997 and Mike Saunt in 1998, who all met whilst working together for

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(now Pitney Bowes MapInfo). Originally working as MapInfo resellers and Geographical Information System (

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) developers, the company saw early success by securing contracts with companies such as the

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. Aligned Assets moved into address management with the development in 1997 of the BS7666 Toolbox that was built on behalf of MapInfo to assist UK Local Authorities in the development of the

National Land and Property Gazetteer The National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) is an initiative in England and Wales to provide a definitive and consistent address infrastructure. Up until recently Great Britain has not held a single list of all addresses in the country, meaning ...

(NLPG). They currently specialize in the gazetteer and address management market working both in the local government sector and with the emergency services. They are the chosen supplier to the British Transport Police, Transport for London, Birmingham City Council and were involved in the FiReControl project. After the introduction of BS7666:2006, they were the first company to achieve accreditation to the new standard and the first company to have one of their customers fully migrated. The start of 2010 saw the company move into the commercial sector after they became the UK's first reseller of NLPG data. In 2011, they were announced as the first UK company to be able to provide products compatible with the NLPG's replacement - AddressBase. In February 2017 Andy Hird and Dinesh Thanigasalam were announced as the new majority shareholders of Aligned Assets following a successful Management Buyout.

Operations

Aligned Assets provide Addressing software and consultancy to various market sectors across the UK. The services provided typically focus around Address Management solutions to the following markets: *

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* The Emergency services *

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Insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

Some projects undertaken by Aligned Assets include: * Network Fire Services Partnership - Aligned Assets and 118 Information help NFSP Fire & Rescue Services in the South West improve their service * West Yorkshire Police - Accurate Addressing in Connected Systems at West Yorkshire Police * British Transport Police - The Truth and Nothing But the Truth in Addressing at British Transport Police *

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and Gwent Police Forces – Shared Service Gazetteer *

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– Business Rates Retention * Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service – Corporate Gazetteer System * London Borough of Harrow – Business Address Validation *

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Borough Councils – Shared Service Gazetteer Management

References

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External links

Public Sector Executive - Aligned Assets and the British Transport Police
GIS companies Data quality companies Gazetteers Software companies established in 1996 Technology companies established in 1996 Software companies of the United Kingdom