Emma Simpson

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Emma Simpson |Faarea Masud

The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has had her offer of compensation increased but she said "it's still not good enough". Betty Brown, 92, was originally offered less than a third of what she had claimed for, but she has now received a new offer of 60%. However the former sub-postmistress told the BBC justice was still being denied.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Charlotte Edwards |Emma Simpson

Tesco expects lower profits amid price war fearsCharlotte Edwards & Emma SimpsonBusiness reporter & Business correspondentGetty ImagesTesco has said it expects to make lower profits this year amid a growing price war amount the UK's major supermarkets. The UK's biggest grocer has forecast profits of between £2.7bn and £3bn compared with the £3.1bn it made for the financial year that has just ended.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Emma Simpson

Post Office to offload all 108 branches it still managesEmma SimpsonGetty ImagesThe Post Office has said it will offload the remaining 108 branches it owns and runs to move to a fully franchised network. About 1,000 staff working in these Crown Post Offices will be offered the choice to move to work for any new owner or take voluntary redundancy.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Emma Simpson

First individual Horizon victim to sue Post OfficeEmma SimpsonBusiness correspondent, BBC NewsBBCFormer sub-postmaster Lee Castleton is launching legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu, becoming the first individual Horizon IT scandal victim to sue the two organisations. His case is one of the most high profile in the scandal in which hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted after faulty software said money was missing from their branch accounts.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Esyllt Carr |Emma Simpson

A widow whose husband was caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal is calling for compensation payments for victims to be speeded up after she received her husband's offer of redress days after he passed away. Terry Walters, who was 77, died last month after years of ill health. He was one of the former sub-postmasters who took the Post Office to court in the landmark case led by Sir Alan Bates, which helped expose the scandal.