Henry Birch, the previous boss of Rank Group, is among the many candidates vying to run Entain, the FTSE-100 proprietor of Ladbrokes.Sky News has learnt that Mr Birch is considered one of a small variety of candidates being thought of by Entain to change Jette Nygaard-Andersen as its everlasting chief government. The recruitment course of comes at a difficult time for Entain, which has been beset by boardroom upheaval and regulatory difficulties in numerous worldwide markets.Its inventory has halved within the final yr, leaving it with a market capitalisation of just below £5bn.This weekend, sources near the corporate confirmed that Mr Birch was a severe contender for the put up, though they mentioned others had been additionally in rivalry. An appointment may nonetheless be ...

The Post Office's ex-accounting chief says he had "other priorities" when requested on the inquiry why he didn't spotlight inaccuracies in his report after it was revealed.Rod Ismay authored the primary report into defective accounting system Horizon, in August 2010, which concluded the Fujitsu software program was sturdy. Hundreds of sub-postmasters have been wrongfully convicted between 1999 and 2015 because of flaws inside the system.An electronic mail trade in December 2010, a number of months after his report was revealed, refers to proof "that Fujitsu can actually put an entry into branch accounts remotely".It additionally described "a problem generated by the system" which "impacted 60 branches and meant a loss/gain incurred in a particular week in effect disappeared f...