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Post Office names new Horizon IT suppliers replacing Fujitsu after ...
The Post Office has announced the appointment of two new suppliers, Accenture and One View Commerce (OVC), to manage its controversial Horizon IT system, eventually replacing Fujitsu. These firms have been awarded contracts to operate the existing system and develop new technology for the postal service's accounting needs.The Horizon system lies at the heart of a protracted scandal that led to the wrongful prosecution and conviction of approximately 1,000 individuals across the UK between 1999 and 2015. Faulty versions of the accounting software, previously run by Japanese firm Fujitsu, erroneously indicated financial discrepancies at Post Office branches, implicating sub-postmasters. Victims have since received around £1.5 billion in compensation through various schemes.Despite the widespread scandal, the Post Office has continued to utilise different iterations of the software, recently extending its latest contract until March 2027. Protesters outside the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London in 2022 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) (PA Wire)However, the organisation has stated its intention to transition away from Fujitsu and the Horizon system as swiftly as possible, with plans to develop an entirely new replacement.The new contracts will see Accenture and OVC take over operating Horizon, while also working together to build the technology it hopes to replace the system and can be used by postmasters in the future.Fujitsu will continue to support the work until its formal exit, and there will be no immediate changes for staff or in Post Office branches.Fujitsu has faced sharp criticism from a group of MPs for failing to contribute financially to the nearly £1.5 billion redress bill for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal.Parliamentarians are also demanding urgent action to quash convictions predating the notorious Horizon system.The Post Office has extended its deal to use the scandal-hit Horizon IT software until at least 2027 (PA Wire)The Business and Trade Committee (BTC), tasked with scrutinising government departments, identified "serious structural failings" within the compensation process.This comes despite over 11,500 claimants having received approximately £1.48 billion by 27 February, through various schemes established to compensate postmasters affected by the faulty Horizon software.The overall cost of redress is projected to reach around £2 billion, once legal and administrative expenses, along...
Post Office names Fujitsu's replacements to run scandal-hit Horizon ...
Post Office has announced two new suppliers to take over from Fujitsu in running the Horizon IT system (Alamy/PA)Post Office has announced two new suppliers to take over from Fujitsu in running the Horizon IT system that will eventually be replaced.Accenture and One View Commerce (OVC) have been awarded contracts and will operate the system and help build new technology to manage the postal firm’s accounts.Horizon is at the centre of the long-running Post Office scandal, which saw around 1,000 people wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK between 1999 and 2015.Previous faulty versions of the Horizon accounting software, run by Japanese firm Fujitsu, made it look like money was missing at Post Office branches run by the sub-postmasters.Some £1.5 billion has been paid to victims through several schemes set up to compensate them.Post Office has continued to use different versions of the software, despite the major scandal, and recently extended its latest contract to the end of March 2027. But the business has said it wants to move away from Fujitsu and off Horizon as soon as possible, and develop a new system to replace it.The new contracts will see Accenture and OVC take over operating Horizon, while also working together to build the technology it hopes to replace the system and can be used by postmasters in the future.Fujitsu will continue to support the work until its formal exit, and there will be no immediate changes for staff or in Post Office branches.
Post Office names Fujitsu's replacements to run scandal-hit Horizon ...
Post Office has announced two new suppliers to take over from Fujitsu in running the Horizon IT system that will eventually be replaced. Accenture and One View Commerce (OVC) have been awarded contracts and will operate the system and help build new technology to manage the postal firm’s accounts. Horizon is at the centre of the long-running Post Office scandal, which saw around 1,000 people wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK between 1999 and 2015. Previous faulty versions of the Horizon accounting software, run by Japanese firm Fujitsu, made it look like money was missing at Post Office branches run by the sub-postmasters. Some £1.5 billion has been paid to victims through several schemes set up to compensate them. Post Office has continued to use different versions of the software, despite the major scandal, and recently extended its latest contract to the end of March 2027. But the business has said it wants to move away from Fujitsu and off Horizon as soon as possible, and develop a new system to replace it. The new contracts will see Accenture and OVC take over operating Horizon, while also working together to build the technology it hopes to replace the system and can be used by postmasters in the future. Fujitsu will continue to support the work until its formal exit, and there will be no immediate changes for staff or in Post Office branches.
Post Office finally announces plans to ditch company behind ...
4 hours ago ... The Horizon scandal saw more than 700 sub- postmasters and sub-postmistresses handed criminal convictions after Fujitsu's faulty Horizon software made it appear ...
