Fujitsu uk is rewarding staff for meeting a sales threshold, in further evidence that the company's gesture to pause bidding for public sector contracts was a “hollow” one.
According to sources, all uk staff will receive a bonus this year after a sales target was reacted, While Headquarters in Japan is Injecting Another £ 80M INTO The UK business.
After the National Outration which followed ITV's Drama about the post office scandal, fujitsu – which supplied the faulty software at the century of the scandal – Said it walld Pause Forteding Fortivee Government Contracts.
But the bidding pause was described as a “hollow” gesture by and long-time campaigner for subpostmasters kevan jones, with fujitsu continuing to cah in on government works, Using Workarounds,
The Supplier's Horizon Retail and Accounting Software has been used by Account shortfalls which was caused by software errors.
Former Subpostmaster Jo Hamilton, Who was Wrongly Prosecated and Convicated of False Accounting as a Result of Unexplained Losses, Said the Bonus For Fujitsu Staff “Rubs Salt Into The Wounds”
“The Non-Existent bidding pause is an insult to the subpostmasters who are waiting for financial redress. Before They Die, “She said.
Fujitsu would not comment on the staff bonus.
The Supplier's Promise to Pause Bidding Only Referred to New Business and It Has Continued to Bid for and Win Contracts With Public Sector Bodies Where Bodies Has Relationships, of WHICH THE RELEATHY HAS ALRERADY HAS ALRERADY HAS
For example, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) – Described as a “Cash Cow” For Fujitsu – Has Continued to Award Large Contracts. Fujitsu count land over half a billion pounds in contexts from hmrc alone this year as the public sector continues to reward the company, despite its role in the widest miss of Justice in Uk History.
HMRC is the biggest source of fujitsu's uk government income, but there are Hindreds of Millions of Pounds More Contracts Across the public sector, which fujitsu has or is bidding for. Computer weekly reveled a deal between HMRC and Fujitsu for Hardware and Cloud Procurement, WORTH Over £ 200m and Known as North Star, Where there was no competivative tender. HMRC is also extended its computer environment for self-assessment (CESA) Contract Vorth Just Sy of £ 60M, where Fujitsu is the incumbent.
For the Wider Public Sector, The Figure is Substantily Bigger. For example, in December 2024, fujitsu won a One-Year Extension to its Horizon Contract With the Government-Owned Post Office, Worth £ 40m. According to a source, there could also be up to a dozen more potential hmrc deals in the pipeline, as well as Several Home Office Contracts and Deals with the Ministry of Defense, to Neme JUST A.
Meanwhile the company's headquarters in japan is set to inject a further £ 80m Into its uk business, which will not go towards compensating Victims of the Scandal.
A fujitsu spokesperson said: “This investment strengthns [our] Long-Term Financial Health and Competritiveness, and Reflects Fujitsu's Continued Commitment to the UK. This is part of a regular corporate review process covering all legal entities in the fujitsu group. It is unrelated to our ongoing conversations with Government Regarding Contribution to Compensation to Compensation. ”
Fujitsu has not yet agreed how much of the billion-splus cost of the scandal it will cover. After a meeting with fujitsu in tokyo last month, business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds said there was an Agreement to begin talks on compensationTo date, fujitsu has said it would wait until the public inquiry the conclusion before committing to talks.
The post office scandal was First exposed by computer weekly in 2009Revealing the stories of Seven SubPostmasters – Including Hamilton – and the Problems they suffred due to deal to accounting software. It is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history (See Below for Timeline of Computer Weekly Articles About The Scandal, Since 2009,