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Friday, 03 July 2020
The CMA has published a third update from its COVID-19 taskforce, which monitors and responds to competition and consumer problems arising from the pa...
Friday, 03 July 2020
Following an investigation by the CMA, Sykes Cottages has reversed its policy on cancelled bookings and will now offer customers full refunds....
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
The CMA is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power....
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
The CMA has found that a private hospital group and 7 consultant ophthalmologists broke competition law by taking part in illegal price fixing....
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
The CMA has concluded that the merger of 2 suppliers of medical devices could lead to a reduction of competition in the supply of total ankle replacem...
Monday, 29 June 2020
The CMA has fined 2 musical instrument makers a total of £5.5 million, in 2 separate cases, for breaking competition law by restricting online discoun...
Friday, 26 June 2020
Taboola’s purchase of Outbrain raises competition concerns in the supply of content recommendation, a type of digital advertising....
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
The CMA has provisionally cleared Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo, on the basis that it is not likely to result in a substantial lessening of com...
Friday, 19 June 2020
The CMA has found that YPO’s anticipated acquisition of Findel raises competition concerns in the supply of resources to educational institutions in t...
Thursday, 18 June 2020
The Rt Hon. Lord Andrew Tyrie, Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority, has confirmed that he intends to step down from his current role in ...
Monday, 15 June 2020
The CMA has secured the disqualification of 2 Berkshire estate agent directors after both took part in an illegal price fixing cartel...
Friday, 12 June 2020
Two of the UK’s largest suppliers of rolled lead have admitted to taking part in anti-competitive arrangements and could face fines of more than £11 m...
Thursday, 11 June 2020
viagogo’s purchase of StubHub raises competition concerns in the online secondary ticketing market in the UK, a CMA investigation has found....
Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Following CMA action, a major holiday lets company is now offering refunds for cancelled bookings, while others are facing further scrutiny over their...
Thursday, 04 June 2020
The CMA has secured the disqualification of pharmaceutical company director Amit Patel after he admitted his role in arrangements that broke competiti...
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
Universal Components’ purchase of 3G raises competition concerns in the wholesale supply of commercial vehicle and trailer parts, a CMA investigation ...
Thursday, 28 May 2020
In the last 2 years, the CMA has secured more than £47 million in refunds for customers whose banks failed to properly warn them about unarranged over...
Friday, 22 May 2020
The CMA has launched an investigation into several major websites to see whether they are doing enough to protect shoppers from fake and misleading re...
Thursday, 21 May 2020
The CMA has published a second update from its COVID-19 Taskforce, which monitors and responds to competition and consumer problems arising from the p...
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Kingspan has abandoned its proposed deal with Building Solutions during an in-depth CMA probe....
Thursday, 07 May 2020
British Airways and American Airlines have offered commitments to resolve the CMA’s competition concerns over an agreement about airline routes betwee...
Wednesday, 06 May 2020
The CMA has blocked JD Sports’ purchase of close competitor Footasylum after finding it would leave shoppers worse off....
Monday, 04 May 2020
McGraw-Hill Education has abandoned its proposed deal with Cengage Learning after competition concerns raised by the CMA....
Thursday, 30 April 2020
The CMA has launched a programme of work to investigate reports of businesses failing to respect cancellation rights during the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Monday, 27 April 2020
The CMA has cleared the proposed merger between The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital NHS Foundatio...
Friday, 24 April 2020
The CMA has today published an update from its COVID-19 Taskforce, set up to monitor and respond to consumer and competition problems arising from the...
Thursday, 23 April 2020
The CMA has cleared the £6.2 billion merger between 2 food delivery companies....
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The CMA has today provided more detail on its general approach to assessing mergers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The CMA has cleared the £2bn merger between Cellnex UK and Arqiva’s telecommunication infrastructure division....
Monday, 20 April 2020
Metro Bank has committed to repay more than £10.5 million after it breached a legal order by failing to send texts warning people about unarranged ove...
Minister for Scotland Trade Mission to China
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HM Treasury Chancellor Rachel Reeves speech at the AI Adoption Summit
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