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The Devastating British Post Office's Point of Sale Scandal| Tom Herbert

In this episode, Tom Herbert, technology editor at Accounting Web, shares his insights on the British Post Office scandal, which has been ongoing for decades, ruining the lives of many subpostmasters. Heather and Tom discussed the problems with the Post Office's Fujitsu Horizon point of sale system implementation, leading to unbalanced reconciliations and accusations of theft against subpostmasters. The Post Office used its prosecution powers and prosecuted 700 subpostmasters between 1989 and 2015, resulting in jail time, financial ruin, relationship breakdown, lost homes, living in cars, and sadly much much worse. The scandal is discussed from the perspective of an accountant, the POS implementation, the forensic accountant who aided in uncovering the issues, the suspense account, the high tax hitting the subpostmasters when they received any compensation. The story behind this scandal, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, was broadcast on ITV in January 2024. We talk about the importance of storytelling in bringing this story into the narrative of the general public.

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[frankaferguson]

GDPR mania: Will accountants dance for the ICO?

29th May 2019

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Between the 14th and 17th centuries, mainland Europe was sporadically gripped by what became known as ‘ dancing mania’ . Groups of men,...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/gdpr-mania-will-accountants-dance-for-the-ico

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Toshio Matsuura Group ‎– I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun #HMVRecordShop 2018 Japan Bass – #RafaelAldama Bass Guitar – #TomHerbert Drums – #TomSkinner, #YussefDayes Guitar – #MansurBrown Percussion – #CrispinSpryRobinson Piano, Synthesizer – #Danalogue, #JorgeLuisLagarza Vocals – #DayméArocena Tenor Saxophone – #NubyaGarcia Trumpet – #YazzAhmed

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#PolarBear @Babylon last night. #freejazz with the intensity of #punk. Both dreamy and fierce #experimental #jazz. #genredfying #music #PeteWareham #saxophone #TomHerbert #doublebass #concert #gig #live (at Babylon)

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Waking with Tom and an Ape #dolectures

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[frankaferguson]

EcoTomics: Redefining the accountant

1st Feb 2019

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Tom Herbert digs out his accounting archaeologist kit and goes in search of the true meaning of the word ‘accountant’. Here at...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/ecotomics-redefining-the-accountant

[frankaferguson]

Romanovitch and the battle for accounting’s soul

19th Oct 2018

The news that Grant Thornton's CEO Sacha Romanovitch is stepping down has generated headlines both inside and outside the accounting world...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/romanovitch-and-the-battle-for-accountings-soul

[frankaferguson]

EcoTomics: The entrepreneurial accountant myth

5th Apr 2018

How many presentations have you heard on accountants adopting an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’? Looking over my trusty reporters’ notebook, I’...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/ecotomics-the-entrepreneurial-accountant-myth

[frankaferguson]

EcoTomics: Blood, sweat and... taxes?

25th Jan 2018

The year is 2028. After a hard day’s work monitoring your firm’s AI robots, you decide to hop in a driverless hover-taxi to the local Wayne...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/ecotomics-blood-sweat-and-taxes

[frankaferguson]

AccountingWEB’s 2018 Editorial Calendar

11th Dec 2017

While the festive cheer (and self assessment season) continues to ramp up in December, AccountingWEB’s editors have been busy preparing the...

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Tom Herbert

Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/accountingwebs-2018-editorial-calendar

[frankaferguson]

Hammond lives to joke another day

23rd Nov 2017

While the jokes continued to flow, there were few other similarities between Philip Hammond’s first and second Budget speeches. Whether it...

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Tom Herbert

Acting Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/hammond-lives-to-joke-another-day

[frankaferguson]

Benchmarking in Beijing

13th Oct 2017

Some 12 years ago, around about this time of year, I found myself sat in a large, dusty hall on the outskirts of Beijing listening to a...

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Tom Herbert

Acting Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/benchmarking-in-beijing

[frankaferguson]

20 years of AccountingWEB

22nd Sep 2017

November 1997. Bird flu fears gripped the world, the UN pulled out its weapons inspection teams from Iraq and the star-heavy single ‘...

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Tom Herbert

Acting Editor

from News And Updates https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/tomherbert/20-years-of-accountingweb