The Post Office attempted to replace Fujitsu's contentious Horizon retail and accounting system with a competitor product seven years ago, but abandoned the project due to worries regarding its cost and scale.
During this week's statutory public inquiry into the Horizon scandal Shaun Turner, a former analyst at Post Office National Business Support Centre (NBSC), admitted that the Post Office had started...
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