Post Office Limited
British retail post office company owned by the government of the United Kingdom
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Post Office Limited, commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 branches. Most of these branch post offices are run by franchise partners or by independent business people known as subpostmasters; Post Office Limited directly manages the remaining 1%, known as Crown post offices.
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Full list of 115 Post Office branches that could close The Post Office has announced that 115 larger crown branches - those owned by the company directly - could close with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs.Sky News - Published | |
Second Post Office IT scandal report says it is likely Capture software caused shortfalls A report into a potential "second Post Office IT scandal" has found it is "a reasonable likelihood" that Capture software "created shortfalls" for sub-postmasters prior to the Horizon scandal.Sky News - Published | |
Fujitsu boss raised 'serious concerns' about 'behaviour' of Post Office, Horizon IT inquiry hears A Fujitsu boss has told the Horizon IT inquiry he raised "serious concerns" about the "behaviour" of the Post Office investigations team earlier this year.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office chief executive to step down Post Office chief executive Nick Read is to step down, Sky News understands.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office scandal appeals process 'unacceptable', Horizon victim says A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are "unacceptable" on several fronts.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates marries on Richard Branson's private island Post Office scandal campaigner Sir Alan Bates has married his longtime partner Suzanne Sercombe on Sir Richard Branson's private island in the Caribbean Sea.Sky News - Published | |
'We have lost a lot': Children of Post Office victims meet Fujitsu boss The children of Post Office victims have met with a Fujitsu boss, describing "what felt like a sincere apology" from him.Sky News - Published | |
Fujitsu boss tells Sky News of 'emotional' first face-to-face meetings with Post Office victims The boss of Fujitsu's European arm has apologised in person to former sub-postmasters.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office scandal victims to get access to new compensation scheme A new scheme offering settlements of £600,000 to victims of the Post Office scandal has been unveiled by the government.Sky News - Published | |
Ex-business secretary Vince Cable accepts 'share' of responsibility at Post Office inquiry Sir Vince Cable has told the Post Office inquiry he accepts a "share" of responsibility for failures that enabled the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters to continue unchecked.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office scandal accountability lies with govt, minister says - as audience groans at Lib Dem leader A senior minister has told the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry that accountability for the scandal lies with the government, while the leader of the Liberal Democrats said he was lied to by senior..Sky News - Published | |
Post Office lawyer advised against sharing critical Horizon report, ex-chair tells inquiryA former chair of the Post Office has told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that in-house lawyers advised him against sharing a report he commissioned on the accounting system.Sky News - Published | Possible 'criminal conspiracy' at Post Office, Horizon investigator tells inquiryThere was "possibly a criminal conspiracy" at the Post Office, according to an independent forensic accountant drafted in to investigate the controversial Horizon accounting system.Sky News - Published |
Ex-Post Office boss admits removing reference to Horizon system from Royal Mail legal documentFormer Post Office boss Paula Vennells has admitted to amending the legal document Royal Mail issued to would-be investors before it became publicly owned to remove mention of the flawed Horizon IT..Sky News - Published | 'Come clean': Post Office victim's plea to ex-boss Vennells at inquiryA victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that ex-boss Paula Vennells must "come clean" in her evidence to the statutory inquiry.Sky News - Published |
Former Post Office boss hands over dozens of new documents ahead of inquiry appearanceThe Post Office scandal inquiry has said it will "urgently" review dozens of new documents it has received from former chief executive Paula Vennells.Sky News - Published | 'I blocked her number': Ex-head of IT says Paula Vennells 'hoped to avoid' Post Office inquiryA former Post Office executive has said she was forced to block ex-boss Paula Vennells' phone number after the ex-CEO called multiple times asking for help to avoid an independent inquiry into the..Sky News - Published |
Ex-Post Office executive called 'gatekeeper of the remote access secret' at inquiryThe former head of accounting for the Post Office has been described as the "gatekeeper of the remote access secret", the inquiry has heard.Sky News - Published | Post Office lawyer accused of telling 'big fat lie' to Horizon inquiryA former top Post Office lawyer has been accused of telling the Horizon IT inquiry a "big fat lie" over his knowledge of a bug in the system that could have stopped wrongful prosecutions of..Sky News - Published |
Ex-Camelot chief Railton to be named new Post Office chairA former boss of Camelot, the National Lottery operator, will be named this week as the next chairman of the Post Office as ministers seek to draw a line under the ugly row surrounding the exit of his..Sky News - Published | 'Do you have any idea of the suffering you have caused?': Ex-Post Office boss accused of 'lying throughout' at inquiryA former top Post Office executive has denied lying "throughout" her two days of testimony at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.Sky News - Published |
Former top Post Office executive says she never 'knowingly' did anything wrongA former top Post Office executive has told the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that she never "knowingly" did anything wrong.Sky News - Published | Post Office scandal extends 'greatly beyond Horizon' - victims' lawyerSky News - Published |
Post Office boss Read led 'campaign to defame and ostracise me', ex-HR director claimsA former HR director at the Post Office, whose misconduct claims against chief executive Nick Read were dismissed following an internal investigation, has written to MPs in a bid to plead her case.Sky News - Published | Post Office boss 'exonerated' after investigation into bullying allegationsThe Post Office's chief executive has been "exonerated of all misconduct allegations" following an investigation into allegations of bullying.Sky News - Published |
'I always thought Horizon was robust', ex-Post Office investigator tells inquiryA former investigator for the Post Office has told the Horizon IT inquiry he "always thought" the accounting system was "robust" but acknowledged there were issues in some cases.Sky News - Published | Government would not have accepted ending Horizon software, ex-Post Office CEO saysThe government would not have accepted faulty accounting software Horizon being phased out, a former Post Office chief executive told the inquiry into the wrongful prosecution of sub-postmasters.Sky News - Published |
Ex-Post Office operations boss admits 'missed opportunity' to prevent Horizon scandalA former Post Office director has expressed regret over a "missed opportunity" to prevent the Horizon IT scandal at the public inquiry.Sky News - Published | Post Office chief braced for publication of crunch 'bullying' reportThe future of Nick Read, the embattled Post Office chief executive, will be determined this week with the publication of a report triggered by whistleblowing allegations about the conduct of the..Sky News - Published |
Ex-Post Office boss makes personal apology 'most strongly' to wronged subpostmastersA former Post Office boss has said he wanted "most strongly" to record his personal apology to branch managers impacted by the Horizon IT scandal.Sky News - Published | Former Post Office executive apologises for celebrating conviction of pregnant sub-postmasterA former Post Office executive who celebrated the conviction of a pregnant sub-postmaster has said sorry.Sky News - Published |
'Pretty obvious' Post Office 'were after me', Alan Bates tells inquiryPost Office victims campaigner Alan Bates has told the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal that it was "pretty obvious" the organisation "were after me - one way or another".Sky News - Published | Post Office hero Alan Bates to give evidence as inquiry resumesThe UK Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry resumes this week almost four years after it began.Sky News - Published |
Children of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters seeking 'family fund' for Post Office scandalThe children of some of the sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal are calling for a "family fund" for the impact their parents' wrongful convictions and financial collapse had on their..Sky News - Published | Post Office officials 'knew of instruction for Fujitsu to remotely change sub-postmaster accounts 10 years ago'The Post Office's IT helpdesk was instructing Fujitsu, the maker of faulty accounting software, to change sub-postmaster accounts more than a decade ago, according to leaked recordings.Sky News - Published |
Sachdev in frame to replace sacked Post Office chairman StauntonThe chairman of the Land Registry is being considered by ministers as a potential replacement for Henry Staunton, the Post Office chairman who was sacked earlier this year.Sky News - Published | Post Office scandal: 'Extremely disappointing' Scotland not included in Horizon lawScotland's justice secretary has said it's "extremely disappointing" that a law quashing wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal will not apply north of the border.Sky News - Published |
'Chaotic' Post Office should be removed from Horizon scandal compensation process, MPs demandThe Post Office should be removed from involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal compensation processes, a committee of MPs has demanded.Sky News - Published | Post Office boss given last chance to submit 80-page report on his behaviour to MPsThe Post Office's embattled chief executive has been issued with a final chance to submit the 80-page investigation into his conduct before a committee of MPs look to formally summon the report.Sky News - Published |
Post Office should be handed over to postmasters, former boss saysThe Post Office should be "handed over" to postmasters, its former chairman has said, accusing the government of using it as a "fig leaf" for stalling and evasion.Sky News - Published | Post Office 'attempted to pervert the course of justice', lawyer alleges in new submission to inquiryPost Office Limited (POL) "intended to pervert the course of justice" by relying on knowingly flawed cash accounts, an inquiry submission filed today alleged.Sky News - Published |
Sunak declines to back under fire Post Office boss ReadRishi Sunak has declined to say whether he has confidence in the chief executive of the crisis-hit Post Office, Nick Read, following confirmation of an investigation into his conduct.Sky News - Published | Post Office chief executive subject of 80-page HR investigation, former chairman claimsThe ousted Post Office chairman has insisted it was the company's chief executive who was the subject of an internal investigation, not him.Sky News - Published |
'Dead duck' Post Office should be sold to Amazon for £1, says campaigner Alan BatesPost Office victims champion Alan Bates has called for the Post Office to be sold to the likes of Amazon for a pound as he described it as "a dead duck".Sky News - Published | Bill to compensate Post Office victims will be more than £1bnMore than £1bn will be spent on compensating victims of the Post Office's faulty Horizon IT software, according to a senior civil servant.Sky News - Published |
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells stripped of CBEPaula Vennells, the former chief executive of the Post Office, has had her CBE stripped from her by the King for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".Sky News - Published | Exonerating guilty people 'price worth paying' to resolve Post Office scandal, government saysSubpostmasters wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal are set to have their names cleared under new plans.Sky News - Published |
Ousted Post Office boss says he was told to 'hobble' into election and not to 'rip off band-aid' on financesThe former boss of the Post Office was told by a senior civil servant to "hobble into the election" and not to "rip the band-aid off" in terms of finances, according to an unearthed memo.Sky News - Published | Labour demands Cabinet Office investigation into claims made by former Post Office chair Henry StauntonLabour has demanded a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations made by former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton, including that he was told to delay payouts to sub-postmasters ahead of the next..Sky News - Published |
