Press release

IDOX continued support of the National Land Information Service

Published 24 September 2009

  • First supplier to gain NLIS accreditation for Interface Control Document (ICD) 17

IDOX group (AIM: IDOX), the leading developer and supplier of software solutions and information services to local government, has gained accreditation from the NLIS, the leader in provision of electronic local authority property searches across England and Wales.

NLIS, managed by Land Data, has awarded IDOX group's Plantech ACOLAID solution with the ICD 17 accreditation and compliance for their UNI-form Total Land Charges solutions.

The new ICD includes amendments which takes account of component questions as an outcome of an Office of Fair Trading ruling. This solution will be deployed to IDOX group's 190 Local Land Charges users in the UK, allowing them to manage search requests at NLIS Level 3, therefore providing a fully automated process.

Justin Scott, Director of Operations & Marketing Land Data said: "Land Data is delighted that IDOX group continues to dedicate investment and resource to support the NLIS infrastructure. We look forward to developing our working relationship on future NLIS projects."

Andrew Riley, Sales Director IDOX group commented: "It is important that our solutions remain at the forefront of change. The alterations required to the NLIS schema, as a result of the piloted component data searches product, provided an opportunity for IDOX group to work with the NLIS environment and meet the needs of our user base."

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For more information, please contact:

College Hill
Andy Achimu
e: andy.achimu@collegehill.com
t: 0207 457 2049

About IDOX group - IDOX group is a leading developer and supplier of software solutions and information services to local government. Over 70% of UK local authorities use IDOX group solutions to access and manage information, documents, business processes and workflow as well as web-based services for planning applications and public information.

From standalone solutions for individual functions through to integrated corporate solutions, the company's market leading IDOX, UNI-form and Plantech portfolio delivers improved data quality, stream-lined information-sharing, enhanced employee productivity and increased responsiveness to the public.

IDOX group is headquartered in London with offices in Glasgow and Newbury, United Kingdom.

About Land Data - Land Data regulates National Land Information Service (NLIS), which was set up to support local authorities (LAs) and other property information holders in England and Wales in their move from manual to electronic provision of property information services. The NLIS Hub is connected to all local authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and other sources of land and property information. The information is distributed by NLIS Channels to around 15,000 subscribed solicitors and licensed conveyancers. Since it began operation in 2001, more than 17 million searches have been processed by the NLIS Hub. Land Data became a Community Interest Company in January 2006 in recognition of its commitment to making electronic property search information accessible to the general public and thereby improving the home buying process.

For more information on Land Data please visit:
www.land-data.org.uk