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Monday, 25 October 2021
The CMA has opened an investigation into Motorola’s Airwave network, the mobile radio network used by all emergency services in Great Britain....
Friday, 22 October 2021
The CMA’s interim report on children’s social care has outlined significant concerns about the availability of placements and the profits of private p...
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Facebook has been fined £50.5 million for breaching an order imposed by the CMA during its investigation into Facebook’s purchase of Giphy....
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
The CMA will clear S&P’s merger with IHS Markit if competition concerns in certain commodity price assessments are addressed....
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
The CMA has announced its intention to launch a market study into music streaming....
Monday, 18 October 2021
The CMA has today launched court action against Teletext Holidays over inadequate progress on refunds to package holiday customers....
Friday, 08 October 2021
The CMA has secured commitments from Groupon to improve its customer service and to offer refunds to certain customers previously not given this optio...
Thursday, 07 October 2021
The CMA has appointed David Stewart to the role of Executive Director, Mergers and Markets....
Thursday, 07 October 2021
The CMA has concluded that a lack of clarity in the law makes it insufficiently certain that it would be able to secure refunds for customers of Briti...
Monday, 04 October 2021
The CMA has responded to the government’s proposals to enhance its ability to tackle breaches of competition and consumer law, and empower the Digital...
Friday, 01 October 2021
The CMA has today published the findings and set out the next steps following an independent investigation into allegations at the Open Banking Implem...
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
The CMA is calling for views to help inform its advice to government on how competition and consumer regimes can better support the UK’s Net Zero and ...
Friday, 24 September 2021
The CMA has launched a formal investigation into Dante Labs, a private provider of PCR tests, to investigate concerns the firm may be breaking the law...
Friday, 24 September 2021
The CMA has today announced that Dr Jenny Haydock has been promoted to Deputy Chief Economic Adviser (DCEA)....
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
The OIM has officially launched today and is calling on businesses to report any issues relating to trading across different areas of the UK....
Monday, 20 September 2021
The CMA has warned businesses they have until the New Year to make sure their environmental claims comply with the law....
Thursday, 16 September 2021
The CMA will take Teletext Holidays to court unless the firm takes urgent action to improve how it handles refunds to package holiday customers....
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Funeral directors and crematorium operators have a legal duty from today to present clear and comparable pricing to customers, as a result of CMA acti...
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Following CMA action, leaseholders with Countryside Properties will no longer be subjected to ground rents that double every 10 or 15 years....
Friday, 10 September 2021
The CMA has published advice to the UK Government on ways to make the PCR testing market work better for consumers....
Tuesday, 07 September 2021
The CMA has found that Sony’s completed purchase of AWAL raises competition concerns, following a Phase 1 investigation....
Friday, 03 September 2021
The CMA has launched the next wave of action in the PCR testing market over concerns that some companies may be breaking the law....
Thursday, 02 September 2021
The CMA has provisionally found JD Sports’ takeover of Footasylum could lead to a worse deal for shoppers, after reassessing the merger....
Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Richard Feasey, panel member, discusses his experience at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). ...
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
The CMA has sent an open letter to PCR COVID-19 test providers warning that a range of harmful practices in the sector could breach consumer protectio...
Friday, 20 August 2021
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm raises serious competition concerns....
Monday, 16 August 2021
Sales of tickets on platforms such as viagogo and StubHub should be subject to tighter rules, the CMA has today proposed....
Monday, 16 August 2021
People can find out how well their bank looks after its customers, based on a survey of thousands of individuals and small businesses....
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Concerns have been raised about the price and reliability of PCR travel tests and the quality of the service people are getting from PCR test provider...
Thursday, 12 August 2021
The CMA has provisionally found Facebook’s merger with Giphy will harm competition between social media platforms and remove a potential challenger in...