BUSINESS life: Addressing the problem; BUSINESS AWARDS.DIRECT mail addressed to people who died long ago - with inevitable distress for relatives - is becoming less common thanks to UK Changes. Over the past decade, the company has been developing ways of allowing client organisations to update and "cleanse cleanse tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean. [Middle English clensen, from Old English " their databases and mailing lists An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new . The latest development, Direct Connect Online, is an internet-based service which allows customers to process their own data, day or night, and which has helped the Leamington company become a finalist in the Evening Telegraph's Powergen-sponsored Business Innovation Award. UK Changes came into being a decade ago and founding director Steve Day Steve Day is Britain's best known deaf stand-up comedian. Stand-up comedy Day was a finalist in the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 2000, and a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2002. said: "We saw a market opportunity when BT introduced charges for directory inquiries back in 1990. "Since then, other changes - such as laws requiring companies to abide by To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. See also: Abide consumers' wishes on unsolicited mailing and telephone canvassing - have made it vital that companies keep their records up to date. "If they don't, they can face fines of up to pounds 5,000 for each offence." The company has licensed access to phone and address data, death registers and electoral rolls electoral roll n → censo electoral electoral roll n (Brit) → liste électorale electoral roll n (BRIT among its sources of information. |
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