Tag: Competition and Markets Authority
According to a report from Reuters, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last week provisionally cleared Menzies Aviation’s takeover of part of Airline Services’ business after an in-depth investigation...
UK: CMA clears Ebiquity sale
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has unconditionally cleared media and marketing consultancy Ebiquity's sale of its advertising intelligence business to Nielsen following an...
UK: Ann Pope on the future of competition enforcement
On Tuesday, November 13, Ann Pope, the Senior Director for Antitrust Enforcement at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), delivered a speech at the...
UK: MPs to investigate “broken” audit market
Company accounts have become works of fiction, according to the chairwoman of the House of Commons’ Business Committee, which is to launch an investigation...
UK: Compare the Market accused of breaking competition law
Insurance comparison site ComparetheMarket has been issued with a “statement of objections” by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after an investigation found that...
UK: Competition watchdog to probe high funeral prices
The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a probe into Britain's £2 billion (US$2.7 billion) funerals market amid fears that bereaved families are being ripped...
UK: CMA approves Co-Op’s Nisa takeover
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved grocery retailer The Co-Op’s £137.5 million (US$191.7 million) takeover of retailer Nisa after finding that...
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: 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: CMA launches Cargill/Faccenda probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened an investigation into the proposed joint venture incorporating the poultry production of Cargill and Faccenda.
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