Tag: UK
UK’s CMA To Crack Down On Food And Drink Greenwashing Claims
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is tightening its grip on supermarkets over fears of increasing greenwashing claims of food and drink items.
The CMA’s...
UK Watchdog Warns Of Price Fixing Among Money Transfers Firms
The UK’s consumer watchdog has accused three money transfer firms of price fixing.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) alleged in a Wednesday (Jan. 25) news release that Dollar East, Hafiz Bros...
UK Watchdog Probes $61 Billion Broadcom-VMware Tie-Up
Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it had started the first phase of an investigation into US chipmaker Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of cloud-computing...
UK Competition Watchdog To Ease Rules On Climate Change
The UK competition regulator will ease the antitrust rules on climate change initiatives to tackle business concerns that collaboration on climate action could expose...
UK Food Producers Accused Of Unnecessary Price Hikes
Some food companies could be raising prices more than needed, using the current economic climate as an excuse, a supermarket boss has admitted.
John Allan,...
UK’s Asda Seeks $16B Retail-Gas Station Merger With EG
Grocery chain Asda and gas station operators EG are reportedly exploring a $16 billion merger.
That’s according to a Saturday (Jan. 21) report by The Times, which says the merger...
Apple Files Appeal Against The UK Watchdog’s Cloud Gaming Probe
Apple has filed an appeal against an investigation by Britain's competition watchdog into the dominance of its mobile browsers in the cloud gaming market.
Last...
UK Antitrust Regulator Orders Baker Cérélia To Sell Jus-Rol
Britain's competition regulator said on Friday French pastry-mix maker Cérélia will have to sell the Jus-Rol business after the watchdog found that a merger...
UK Watchdog Says No Action Needed After HSBC Self-Corrects Breaches
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) dealt a rebuke to the banking giant after uncovering breaches of its responsibilities under open banking – which...
UK Chemical Firm Ineos To Buy Sika Assets
British chemical firm Ineos is nearing a deal to buy assets being sold by Sika to appease antitrust regulators, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.
In December,...
