Tag: CMA
UK: CMA clears GVC-Ladbrokes merger
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) cleared online gambling firm GVC Holdings acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral Group on Wednesday, saying the merger did not...
UK: Watchdog examines German energy shakeup on SSE-npower merger
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is exploring the impact of a major asset swap in Germany on the proposed merger of two...
UK: Gambling Commission backs up CMA on online bookies
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is writing to a number of online gambling firms regarding terms and practices that may...
UK: Shareholders back £3.7b Tesco and Booker merger
This week, shareholders decided to back Tesco's takeover of Booker, Britain's largest wholesaler. Investors in both companies met on Wednesday, February 28, to have their...
UK: Regulator steps up campaign against price-fixing cartels
According to The Telegraph, the UK’s competition watchdog is launching a crackdown on cartels after the success of its first advertising campaign led to a...
UK: Competition watchdog delays report on Fox-Sky takeover bid
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has delayed issuing its provisional decision on 21st Century Fox’s $15 billion takeover bid for Sky by a...
UK: MPs call for probe into planned merger of SSE and...
MPs have called for a competition probe into the merger between two of the UK's biggest energy suppliers saying it risked resulting in less...
UK: Competition regulator to crack down on secondary ticketing websites
The UK’s competition regulator has vowed to crack down on secondary ticketing websites, citing suspicions that a number of them are breaking the law...
UK: CMA accuses Concordia of overcharging the NHS for essential drug
Consumer watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that drug company Concordia abused its dominant position to overcharge the NHS by...
UK: CMA green lights DFS and Sofology merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given the proposed £25 million (US$33.1 million) merger of DFS and Sofology the green light.
Furniture retailer DFS...