Chief Executive of the CMA
2017/18 was another very busy and productive year for us, and you can read more about our work in markets as varied as care homes, online gambling, digital comparison tools, supermarkets and offshore engineering services in our latest Annual Report. …
Four years on from the creation of the CMA, we face opportunities and challenges that would have been hard to predict back in 2014. High among these is the UK’s exit from the EU (Exit). It presents clear opportunities as …
...choosing a care home. It's also often difficult for them to complain effectively if they experience problems when living in a home. We also found concerns that some homes might...
...week, we published the final report in our market study into care homes for the elderly. These homes provide a vital service to some of the most vulnerable people in...
It’s been an eventful period since our last Promoting Competition bulletin, and there’s a lot to update you on.
Acting Chief Executive, Andrea Coscelli, explains our examination of comparison tools and what we’re doing to make sure they work for customers.
...much-loved and valuable belongings, we acted to review compliance with consumer law in the sector. Following our review, 10 companies including Amazon, Apple, BT, Google and Microsoft, have made a...
...The cases saw a wide range of illegal behaviour, including: price-fixing agreements (in one case using computer algorithms) between suppliers market-sharing to allocate customers suppliers preventing online retailers from cutting...
...avoid price co-ordination and other anti-competitive collusion. And in a significant development, the managing director of the online poster supplier that was fined in that case has been disqualified from...
...in debt. Therefore it is important that students are provided with the very best information to help them choose, that universities respond to the needs of students, and the sector...