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Thursday, 28 April 2022
The CMA has appointed Jessica Radke as its new Senior Litigation Director following an open recruitment process that attracted applications from a str...
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Every day, we access services that process data using a wide variety of automated systems....
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The CMA’s Annual Concurrency Report shows how competition authorities have helped deliver benefits to households in 2021 to 2022 in the regulated sect...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The CMA has worked to ensure that pharmaceutical company Aspen’s commitments to reduce prices for life-saving cancer medicines can be enforced in the ...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The CMA is investigating whether education software company ESS is abusing a dominant position to push schools into accepting a new 3-year contract....
Friday, 22 April 2022
The CMA has found that the merger of Noble and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea....
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
The CMA welcomes improvements made by Sony and Nintendo to their gaming subscription practices and has now closed its investigation into the online ga...
Thursday, 07 April 2022
The CMA has appointed Sorcha O’Carroll as its new Senior Director of Mergers....
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
The CMA has blocked the proposed merger between Cargotec and Konecranes after its in-depth investigation identified substantial competition concerns....
Friday, 25 March 2022
The CMA has today announced its recommendations for the next steps in the future oversight of Open Banking....
Thursday, 24 March 2022
A new poll of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that over half (54%) of late-night online shoppers said they had done so while drinking alcohol and more th...
Thursday, 24 March 2022
CMA Chair Jonathan Scott says competition is “more important than ever before” as concerns mount over the cost of living....
Thursday, 24 March 2022
CMA finds CD&R’s acquisition of Morrisons could lead to higher fuel prices in 121 locations across the country where both firms own forecourts....
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
The CMA has fined Dar Lighting Ltd £1.5 million for breaking competition law by restricting the level of discounts retailers could offer online....
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
The Office for the Internal Market (OIM) has published the first report of its kind of the UK internal market....
Friday, 18 March 2022
The CMA has referred Ritchie Bros’ planned purchase of Euro Auctions for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation, after finding competition concerns....
Friday, 18 March 2022
The CMA’s latest intervention has freed thousands of leaseholders from increasing ground rent terms that saw them trapped in homes they struggled to s...
Thursday, 17 March 2022
The CMA has provisionally found that CHC’s purchase of Babcock’s oil and gas offshore helicopter transportation services business raises competition c...
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
The CMA has cleared Sony’s acquisition of AWAL, an ‘artist and label’ (A&L) services provider, following an in-depth merger inquiry....
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
The CMA has found that NortonLifeLock’s approximately £6bn purchase of Avast raises competition concerns and may now be referred for an in-depth inves...
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
The CMA has launched an investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the recycling of old or written-off vehicles....
Monday, 14 March 2022
The CMA has published advice on how competition and consumer laws can help meet the UK's environmental goals, and has outlined plans for a Sustainabil...
Friday, 11 March 2022
The CMA is taking a closer look at Google and Meta’s conduct over concerns that they hampered competition in markets for online display advertising se...
Thursday, 10 March 2022
UK has “sleepwalked” into a system in which children are failing to get suitable placements in foster care and children’s homes, finds new report publ...
Tuesday, 08 March 2022
The CMA has secured commitments from Gridserve which will unlock competition and increase choice of electric vehicle chargepoints on motorways for dri...
Thursday, 03 March 2022
Cellnex must sell over 1,000 telecoms tower sites to address competition concerns over its purchase of CK Hutchison’s UK towers....
Monday, 28 February 2022
The High Court has today found that Truly Travel and Alpha Holidays broke consumer law by failing to refund customers within the legally-required time...
Friday, 18 February 2022
CVS Group’s completed purchase of The Vet could now be referred for an in-depth investigation after finding that the deal raises competition concerns....
Thursday, 17 February 2022
A new working group of international competition authorities has put companies involved in global supply chains on notice not to collude....
Monday, 14 February 2022
JD Sports and Footasylum have been fined almost £5 million after breaching the rules around a merger blocked by the CMA....
Home Office Lead of independent review on new number of forces appointed
Certification Officer Certification Officer: Announcements
Rural Payments Agency New Rural Payments Agency (RPA) non-executive directors appointed
Environment Agency Yorkshire waste site has permit revoked
Environment Agency New flood advice websites launched to help West Country
Export masterclasses to help Scottish businesses forge EU trade links