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
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
Five major brands were caught up in the government investigation that rocked Japanese industry Companies have admitted to cheating on certification tests, including those for crashes Japan, a country proud of a tradition of honor, has been rocked by the biggest scandal to hit its automotive sector in years. Five major automakers are at the … Read more
Image caption, Single mum Zoe Godrich says ‘the life just got sucked out of me’, in attempt to deal with isolation issues Item information Author, Zoe Conway Role, BBC News correspondent 6 hours ago Every two weeks, Zoe Godrich scrapes the black mold from the walls of her children’s bedrooms. She says her house now … Read more
Ex-post boss Paula Vennells said she had ‘no one to blame’ but herself Lawyers for subpostmasters accused her of being “crazy and selfish.” Campaigner Alan Bates said she ‘probably enjoyed not having to know anything’ Disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells yesterday admitted she had ‘no one to blame’ but herself as former deputy … Read more
By Ben Koning Business reporter, BBC News 2 hours ago Image source, Ben Rushton/Australian Financial Review Image caption, Rod Vawdrey, pictured in December 2020, rings the bell at the Australian Stock Exchange to mark the start of trading in Nuix shares Fujitsu, the company that built the flawed Horizon IT system, fired a top boss … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. BT chairman Adam Crozier received letters from several MPs about problems with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system when he ran Royal Mail, undermining his claim that he was “unaware” of the scandal. Correspondence obtained … Read more