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Regulator begins investigation over Tesco profits

The Financial Conduct Authority has begun a full investigation into Tesco after the supermarket overstated its half-year profits by £250m, the company has announced.

Tesco's new chief financial officer will begin his role three months earlier following the shock profit warning.

Alan Stewart will start immediately rather than at the beginning of December after it revealed an accounting issue had seen the chain overstate its first half-year profit.

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Tesco suspends fifth executive over profit probe

Tesco has suspended another executive as financial regulators investigate how the supermarket overstated profits by £250m.

The Financial Times reports that commercial director Kevin Grace has become the latest senior figure to be suspended.

Tesco has suspended another executive after its profit overstatement. Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Four senior executives, including UK managing director Chris Bush, were asked to step aside two weeks ago when Tesco revealed that its most recent profits warning to the City in August was much too optimistic.

The company's new chief executive, Dave Lewis, has stressed that the suspensions are not a disciplinary matter, but are designed to enable a "full and frank" investigation into the profit warning.

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