Post Office chief executive Nick Read to step down next year Post Office chief’s decision to resign comes after some MPs expressed lack of confidence in leadership Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024
Toxic culture, poor leadership: what Horizon inquiry has told us so far As latest phase of inquiry concludes – with final stage set to begin in September – we itemise the key takeaways The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024
Post Office boss ‘obsessed with his pay’, claims former HR director Nick Read said to have repeatedly demanded pay rises from the government and described bonus as ‘intolerable’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2024
Post Office chief Nick Read cleared of misconduct in separate inquiry Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024
Post Office ‘unfit’ to run compensation scheme for Horizon victims, MPs say Just 20% of compensation has been paid, finds Commons committee, which says government should set legally binding timeframes The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024
It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024
Former Post Office chair claims he is victim of ‘smear campaign’ led by Kemi Badenoch Henry Staunton stands by his allegations against the government and turns on Post Office CEO in dramatic day of evidence to MPs The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024
Tory MPs have Badenoch’s back as they slog it out with former Post Office chair Henry Staunton refuses to back down as he gives evidence to the business select committee The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024
Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Ministers deny claims government wanted to stall Post Office Horizon scandal payouts Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024
Royal Mail loses 360-year monopoly on delivering parcels from Post Office sites Customer dissatisfaction with service thought to be reason for expanding remit to Evri and DPD The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023
Post Office customers to be offered DPD and Evri parcel delivery options The new service will begin in selected branches in time for the peak Christmas delivery season. The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023
Wrongly convicted Horizon scandal postmasters offered £600,000 to settle claims The Government said 86 convictions have been overturned and £21 million has been paid in compensation. Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023
'So proud': Scottish couple take over historic world's oldest Post Office A Scottish couple has taken over the world's oldest Post Office. The National (Scotland) · Sep 18, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023 Post Office boss to give back bonus linked to Horizon scandal inquiry Nick Read says he will return payment and apologises for ‘procedural and governance mistakes made’
The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2023 Post Office boss to hand back £50k bonus from assisting Horizon inquiry The boss of the Post Office will hand back all the bonus payments he was given for helping the investigation into a major miscarriage of justice…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023 Post Office boss apologises for inquiry bonus payments Company wrongly paid executive bonuses for cooperation with inquiry into faulty computer system
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023 Vodafone and Three agree merger to form UK’s largest mobile operator Deal to combine firms’ British telecoms networks likely to face competition scrutiny amid union calls for merger to be blocked
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 Vodafone’s new boss still needs to dial up radicalism With job cut savings soaked up by reinvestment, a turnaround depends on Margherita Della Valle making value-creating deals
The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2023 UK government to investigate Post Office over wrongly paid bonuses CEO Nick Read and other top bosses given thousands of pounds for cooperating with IT scandal inquiry
The Independent UK · May 5, 2023 Post Office chief executive apologises over unapproved bonuses linked to Horizon The Post Office authorised the payments based on a target executives had set themselves.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023 Margherita Della Valle made Vodafone’s first permanent female chief executive Della Valle took job on temporary basis in December and is tasked with steering telecoms group through its turnaround
The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022 Despite its optimism Marston’s pint glass is less than half full Hope springs eternal in the boardroom, but the stock market is not as upbeat about the hospitality sector
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 Vodafone has hung up on Nick Read. Now it needs to set a radical tone The complacent conglomerate desperately needs a free-thinking chief executive
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 Vodafone boss to step down after sharp drop in share price Nick Read will be replaced as CEO by finance chief Margherita Della Valle during search for successor