Tim Parker said he regretted following advice not to give the council the 2016 Swift report, which questioned whether the Post Office had sufficient evidence to prosecute sub-postmasters. By means of James Sillars, Business Reporter @SkyNewsBiz Wednesday, July 3, 2024 7:12 PM, UK A former Post Office director told the Horizon IT scandal investigation that … Read more
Image source, Post Office Horizon IT research Article information Author, Tom Espiner Role, BBC business reporter Reporting from Post Office Horizon IT research July 3, 2024, 4:33 PM BST Updated 2 hours ago Former Post Office chairman Tim Parker has denied deliberately hiding a key report he commissioned into the Horizon IT system from members … Read more
Enlarge / A screen shows a virtual meeting with Microsoft Teams during a conference on January 30, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Microsoft could face a huge fine in the European Union for “potentially unlawful” bundling of Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 business software suites. On Tuesday, the European Commission (EC) announced preliminary … Read more
Image source, Post Office Horizon IT research Item information Author, Tom Espiner Role, BBC business reporter June 21, 2024 Updated 8 hours ago The Post Office’s Horizon system is “very robust” and the only scandal is that the company has failed to properly defend it, according to a man tasked with representing sub-postmasters. George Thomson, … Read more
The Post Office’s Horizon system is “very robust” and the only scandal is that the company has failed to properly defend it, according to a man tasked with representing sub-postmasters. George Thomson, the former leader of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters (NFSP), said in a long-running investigation: “The Horizon system is not the scandal, the … Read more
Image source, Post Office Horizon IT research Item information Author, Tom Espiner Role, BBC business reporter June 21, 2024 Updated 9 hours ago The Post Office’s Horizon system is “very robust” and the only scandal is that the company has failed to properly defend it, according to a man tasked with representing sub-postmasters. George Thomson, … Read more
Campaigner Sir Alan Bates has criticized the ‘utter incompetence’ of Post Office bosses after learning that a document containing the names and addresses of the scandal’s victims had been published on the Post Office website. The document, titled ‘Confidential Settlement Deed’, was discovered by journalist Nick Wallis and has since been removed from the website. … Read more
More than 20 investigations are underway into lawyers and law firms linked to the Post Office scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced today. The regulator is investigating those who worked on behalf of the Post Office or the Royal Mail Group at the time hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft over data from … Read more
By Sophie Foster, deputy travel editor for Mailonline 4:06 PM June 7, 2024, updated 4:33 PM June 7, 2024 Rankings determined by the Post Office Travel Money Holiday Spending Report It’s worth traveling to Europe this year for the best value for money holidays Foreign travel is listed as a top priority after food, energy … Read more
Ministers were considering removing Paula Vennells from her role as CEO of the Post Office over concerns about her people management and a ‘lack of knowledge’, the Horizon IT inquiry has heard. Ms Vennells’ dismissal was discussed in a document prepared in February 2014 for a committee within the Department for Business and the shareholders … Read more