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because it deals with cash, and cash has a big security element to it; it's complex because it's in the public sector. This is a business which had absorbed billions of pounds of taxpayers money and was still losing money. It was a business that faced significant challenges because it had an exclusive arrangement with the Royal Mail, and the Royal Mail itself was suffering from increasing competition in the parcels market and a declining letters market. The Post Office had previously had a significant amount of business from the
Government, so driving licences, benefits, that kind of thing. That had all moved online and so the Post Office was bereft a significant chunk of its contribution. The Post Office had a range of products which it attempted to sell, with varying degrees of success, and it also had a very complex structure in terms of its overheads and management.
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said. An earlier article by the BBC had claimed that a confidential report contained allegations that the Post Office had refused to hand over documents that the accountants felt they needed to investigate properly, that training was not good enough, that equipment was outdated, and that power cuts and communication problems had made things worse.
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646:(UK) plc with Post Office Limited acting as an appointed representative and credit broker. However, with the sale of the Bank of Ireland's UK assets to Jaja Finance in 2019, Post Office branded Credit Cards are now issued by Capital One UK. Life insurance is provided in partnership with Neilson Financial Services
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Second Sight had found that the Post Office had failed to identify the root cause of accounting shortfalls in many cases before launching court proceedings against subpostmasters. The shortfalls could have been caused by criminals using malicious software, by IT systems or by human error, the report
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As of March 2022 there were 11,635 post office branches across the UK, of which 117 were directly managed by Post Office
Limited (known as Crown post office branches). The majority of other branches (9,617 in total) were run either by franchise partners or by local subpostmasters (who may be members
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service, Post Office Mobile. However, in August 2016 it decided "to conclude the trial as the results did not give us sufficient confidence that mobile will contribute to our goal of commercial sustainability". In April 2016, the Post Office agreed to hand over up to 61 more branches to WHSmith in a
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Limited had chronic losses, with a reported £102 million lost in 2006, raising concerns in the media regarding its ability as a company to operate efficiently. Minutes of a board meeting in April 2006 state that the company was insolvent and unable to meet its
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After the Post Office statutory corporation was changed to a public company, Royal Mail Group, in 2001, Post Office
Counters Limited became Post Office Limited. In 2002, David Mills was appointed as chief executive of Post Office Limited, a newly created role. Mills stepped down at the end of 2005.
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Obviously, as a board member she knew what was going on, including the strategy in the court case and the bugs in the system. What happened? She got a CBE in the new year's honours list for services to the Post Office. That is just rubbing salt into the wounds of these innocent people. There is a
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The Post Office has a turnover of just under £1 billion, which makes it a sort of medium-sized company, but in fact it is an incredibly complex business: it's complex because it operates a network of around 11,500 sites; it's complex because it has a very wide range of products; it's complex also
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Parcelforce, another Royal Mail subsidiary. In November 2010, the government committed £1.34 billion of funding up to 2015 to Post Office Limited to enable it to modernise the Post Office
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February 2013, Post Office Limited announced it was planning to move around seventy of its Crown post offices into shops. This would reduce the Crown network, which it stated was losing £40 million a year, to around 300. In November 2013, the government committed an additional £640 million of
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case for her having that honour removed, and I would like to know how she got it in the first place when the court case is ongoing. Added to that, she is now chair of
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Again, I would like to know why and what due diligence was done on her as an individual.
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In April 2015, the BBC described a confidential report that alleged that the Post Office had made 'failings' with regard to accounting issues with its
Horizon IT system, which were identified by subpostmasters as early as 2000. The article claimed that an independent investigation by
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Postmasters Branch); these are known as Agency post office branches. The remaining 1,901 branches (making up 16% of the network) were what are known as 'outreach services': these are typically small, part-time branches, perhaps making use of a mobile van or a village hall.
396:, who had for a time led human resources management in the Civil Service. A ten-year inter-business agreement was signed between Royal Mail and Post Office Limited to allow post offices to continue issuing stamps, and handling letters and parcels for Royal Mail. The
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Parliament. This followed an investigation by an external barrister. Nigel Railton was appointed chair in May 2024.
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A passport check-and-send service is available for passport applications, where the post office staff check that a passport application is filled in correctly and has an acceptable photograph accompanying it. The service is not affiliated with
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items) are sold, while applications for redirection of mail are accepted on behalf of Royal Mail. Post Office Local Collect is a scheme whereby undelivered mail can be redirected at customer request to a post office for convenient collection.
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was appointed as its chief executive; she had been with Post Office Limited since 2007 as the network director. The first chair of the board of the new company was
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future debts. Plans to cut the £150m-a-year subsidy for rural post offices led to the announcement that 2,500 local post offices were to be closed during 2007.
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convenience store group. Read promoted "click and collect" services for retailers, alongside parcel drop-off services.
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1103:"The Post Office bosses who presided over biggest miscarriage of justice in legal history"
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1686:"Post Office launches mobile phone network through EE"
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2323:"Poste Restante – Pick up your post whilst in the UK"
1906:"Nick Read takes over as Post Office chief executive"
1829:"Inquiry hears from ex-Post Office chair Tim Parker"
1653:"Up to 70 Crown post offices to be moved into shops"
1744:"Post Office to move up to 61 branches to WH Smith"
1492:Mackie, Lindsey; Glasman, Maurice (30 March 2012).
1373:"Transcript: Adam Crozier questioned by Jason Beer"
2473:"Post Office launches directory enquiries service"
2190:"Post Office 'ParcelShop' network trials revealed"
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1454:"Who is responsible for the Post Office scandal?"
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1195:"PO Counters md goes to top Royal Mail post"
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1990:Kleinman, Mark (31 January 2021).
1322:Gribben, Roland (4 January 2006).
1221:"Post Office Inquiry: transcripts"
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2887:Media, P. A. (23 February 2024).
2594:Glick, Bryan (11 December 2019).
2542:Calder, Simon (1 February 2019).
1379:. 12 April 2024. pp. 125–126
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121:private company limited by shares
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4271:
4260:
3881:Free-space optical communication
1764:. Post&Parcel. 27 June 2018.
1750:– via www.theguardian.com.
1573:Sweeney, Mark (9 January 2024).
1547:Elison, Andrew (28 April 2021).
1109:– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
1062:Criminal Cases Review Commission
785:, was controversially awarded a
678:
319:Criminal Cases Review Commission
230:Government of the United Kingdom
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2099:Jolly, Jasper (17 April 2024).
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1931:Lea, Robert (15 January 2021).
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410:mobile virtual network operator
2159:Clark, Harriet; Booth, Lorna.
1965:www.corporate.postoffice.co.uk
1858:Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
1827:Ruddick, Peter (3 July 2024).
1377:Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
1294:Bold, Ben (18 November 2005).
1113:
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1080:
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1037:Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
1025:
967:
721:
337:and, after the passage of the
297:identity verification services
13:
1:
4617:Central Arbitration Committee
1880:"Post Office CEO leaves role"
1684:Gibbs, Samuel (8 July 2014).
1640:Building a Mutual Post Office
1606:. 3 June 2010. Archived from
1242:Gow, David (16 August 2004).
980:. The Post Office. p. 96
909:
736:International Driving Permits
300:
4675:Office of Manpower Economics
4267:Telecommunication portal
4048:Telecommunications equipment
3207:and regulatory arrangements.
3197:British Overseas Territories
2415:Life Insurance International
1775:Lea, Robert (10 June 2024).
1673:. Bis.gov.uk. 26 April 2023.
1275:. Triangle. 14 February 2002
955:Patel, Rina (18 July 2019).
816:Honours Forfeiture Committee
415:Communications Workers Union
44:Post Office (disambiguation)
18:Post Office (United Kingdom)
7:
4622:Competition Appeal Tribunal
4602:Regulatory Policy Committee
4577:Small Business Commissioner
4572:Financial Reporting Council
4562:British Hallmarking Council
4497:Non-ministerial departments
3784:Alexander Stepanovich Popov
2924:"'Post Office Corporation'"
887:
752:British Post Office scandal
482:
10:
4806:
4670:Groceries Code Adjudicator
3488:Telecommunications history
3180:Integrated mail processing
3068:British Forces Post Office
3021:List of postcode districts
2170:. House of Commons Library
2042:Devlin, Ed (8 June 2022).
1432:Publications.parliament.uk
1033:"Public Hearings Timeline"
1013:. House of Commons Library
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4096:Public Switched Telephone
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3908:telecommunication circuit
3869:Fiber-optic communication
3852:
3614:Francis Blake (telephone)
3561:
3409:Optical telecommunication
3253:
3193:
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3059:
3003:
2437:"Branch Business Banking"
1860:. 3 July 2024. p. 48
1604:Oxford University Gazette
622:The Post Office provides
608:, at selected locations.
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4582:Trade Remedies Authority
4007:Orbital angular-momentum
3444:Satellite communications
3283:Communications satellite
1854:"Transcript: Tim Parker"
734:Selected branches issue
658:A mobile post office in
386:Postal Services Act 2011
271:, commonly known as the
209:£885 million (2023)
4469:Bidesh Sarkar (interim)
3886:Molecular communication
3709:Gardiner Greene Hubbard
3538:Undersea telegraph line
3273:Cable protection system
1149:. Hansard. 18 June 1991
894:Penny Post Credit Union
825:
221:£50 million (2023)
4028:Communication protocol
3814:Charles Sumner Tainter
3629:Walter Houser Brattain
3574:Edwin Howard Armstrong
3382:Information revolution
3041:London postal district
3016:List of postcode areas
1147:"Training (Southwark)"
963:. Post Office Limited.
904:1st Class Credit Union
808:
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4706:Preceding departments
4685:Pubs Code Adjudicator
4665:Certification Officer
4660:British Business Bank
4460:Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan
4422:Permanent Secretaries
4373:Minister for Industry
4002:Polarization-division
3734:Narinder Singh Kapany
3699:Erna Schneider Hoover
3619:Jagadish Chandra Bose
3599:Alexander Graham Bell
3330:online video platform
3046:Postcode Address File
2726:hansard.parliament.uk
2704:"Strictly business".
2499:"Passport Check Send"
1004:"Post Office Numbers"
928:"Post Office Limited"
803:
791:2019 New Year Honours
686:
671:, mainly provided by
657:
544:
506:Crown Post Office in
505:
491:Crown Post Office in
490:
430:
359:
187:Nigel Railton (chair)
3844:Vladimir K. Zworykin
3804:Almon Brown Strowger
3774:Charles Grafton Page
3429:Prepaid mobile phone
3357:Electrical telegraph
2835:"Honours and Awards"
2441:www.postoffice.co.uk
2397:www.postoffice.co.uk
2327:www.postoffice.co.uk
2302:www.postoffice.co.uk
1713:"Post Office Mobile"
759:forensic accountants
339:Post Office Act 1969
4644:Post Office Limited
4636:Public corporations
4567:Competition Service
4480:Departmental Chief
3794:Johann Philipp Reis
3553:Wireless revolution
3515:The Telephone Cases
3372:Hydraulic telegraph
3205:different operators
2930:on 23 February 2023
2815:. 30 September 2021
832:
716:Directory Enquiries
710:Directory enquiries
402:mutual organisation
335:General Post Office
269:Post Office Limited
237:Number of employees
141:General Post Office
76:Swyddfa'r Post Cyf.
53:
52:Post Office Limited
32:General Post Office
4598:Low Pay Commission
4528:Insolvency Service
4515:Executive agencies
4482:Scientific Adviser
3992:Frequency-division
3969:Telephone exchange
3839:Charles Wheatstone
3769:Jun-ichi Nishizawa
3744:Innocenzo Manzetti
3679:Reginald Fessenden
3414:Optical telegraphy
3247:Telecommunications
3201:Crown Dependencies
3036:List of post towns
2843:. 23 February 2024
2840:The London Gazette
1886:. 19 February 2019
1405:. 15 December 2006
1175:. 17 December 1996
1127:. 12 December 1988
830:
729:HM Passport Office
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628:insurance products
612:Financial services
551:
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308:franchise partners
51:
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4491:
4490:
4442:Directors General
4433:Crawford Falconer
4368:Douglas Alexander
4359:Jonathan Reynolds
4305:
4304:
4043:Store and forward
4038:Data transmission
3952:Network switching
3903:Transmission line
3749:Guglielmo Marconi
3714:Internet pioneers
3579:Mohamed M. Atalla
3548:Whistled language
3213:
3212:
3208:
2479:. 30 January 2006
2417:. 3 February 2022
2329:. The Post Office
2278:. 7 November 2023
2252:. 30 October 2011
2196:. 28 January 2020
2161:"The Post Office"
1479:"Future strategy"
1273:Post & Parcel
1223:. 19 January 2023
885:
884:
771:Mr Justice Fraser
662:, North Yorkshire
640:Post Office Money
618:Post Office Money
266:
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4136:Notable networks
4126:Wireless network
4066:Cellular network
4058:Types of network
4033:Computer network
3920:Network topology
3834:Thomas A. Watson
3689:Oliver Heaviside
3674:Philo Farnsworth
3649:Daniel Davis Jr.
3624:Charles Bourseul
3584:John Logie Baird
3293:Data compression
3288:Computer network
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3004:Postal geography
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