Government should consider Post Office mutualisation, ex-minister says October 20, 2024 The government should consider plans to turn the Post Office into a John Lewis-style mutual, a former business minister has said, amid reports Whitehall is looking at the viability. Conservative shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake has said he would support a proposal to transform the Post Office’s business structure into a mutual in which customers [...]
Post Office boss told he did not need to ‘dig into’ Horizon scandal October 9, 2024 The outgoing Post Office chief executive said he was told he “did not need to dig into the details” of the Horizon IT scandal when he joined the business despite it having led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters. During what was the first of three days of evidence at the Horizon inquiry, [...]
Mark Kleinman: Post Office needs a boss who can read the room September 26, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly Morning Wire column.
Post Office boss Nick Read to step down next year as successor named September 18, 2024 Post Office chief executive Nick Read will step down from the role in March next year, the company has announced. Neil Brocklehurst, the current interim chief operating officer, is expected to replace Read, who temporarily stepped back from the role in July to give his “entire attention” to the Horizon scandal inquiry. At the time, [...]
Post Office boss Nick Read to step back temporarily as Horizon enquiry enters next stage July 12, 2024 In a note to staff today, Nick Read said the organisation was now entering a "critical phase" of the enquiry in September, and amid a strategic review of the organisation.
The Notebook: The point of non-executive directors? Common sense June 19, 2024 Neil Bennett takes the notebook pen to talk about common sense, Dominic Grieve and his own idea for national service.
Royal Mail: Has privatisation delivered success for crown jewel as £3.5bn takeover looms? June 2, 2024 A decade after it was privatised, Royal Mail is poised for another major shake up - but how has it fared since its last sale?
Met to deploy 80 detectives over Post Office scandal May 27, 2024 The Metropolitan Police is set to deploy 80 detectives to investigate the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, despite expectations that any criminal prosecutions on the incident could take years to come in.
Mark Kleinman: Czech is on way to sceptical Royal Mail investors May 23, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly Morning Wire column.
Paula Vennells: Former Post Office chief denies she ‘ironed away disturbing complaints’ May 22, 2024 Former chief executive Paula Vennells has denied the Post Office used methods to “iron away” some “very disturbing complaints”.