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How the CMA investigates cartels
We provide insight into how we investigate cartels including the processes involved.
Competition Act 1998 and cartels
Working with us to tackle cartels
This blog explains what happens when you report a business cartel to us and the processes we have in place to help protect those who 'blow the whistle' on them.
It only takes one meeting to break competition law…
If a company’s staff exchange competitively-sensitive, confidential information – even at just one meeting – that risks a breach of competition law. Learn more about what you can do if approached to join a cartel or to get involved in anti-competitive arrangements.
Season’s greetings: highlights from 2018 at the CMA
2018 has been another busy and exciting year for us at the CMA, and I’ve been reflecting on all our achievements over the past 12 months.
Could you be breaking competition law?
According to the CMA’s latest research with UK businesses, understanding of competition law is still low, with the majority of businesses still not understanding competition law well.
Business cartels: recent cases we've taken action on
If you feel you might have witnessed an illegal business cartel, do the right thing and help us stop cartels by reporting them to us on our stop cartels page. Protecting customers and ensuring businesses don’t collude to distort competition is …
Working in the CMA's Antitrust and Cartels teams
I am the Senior Director for Antitrust Enforcement at the CMA. Together with Howard Cartlidge (Senior Director of Cartels and Criminal Enforcement), I head up the delivery of the CMA’s Competition Act 1998 portfolio. I want to highlight the great …
30 in their 30s – women competition professionals recognised
CMA Senior Director, Ann Pope, talks about the importance of recognising women’s achievements in the competition world.
Why enforcing competition law is important for all of us
Competition is vital. It forces businesses to keep prices low and look for innovative ways of operating; and it ensures that consumers benefit from the best deals, cheapest prices and most efficient service.
Competition law redress: getting back what you’ve lost
In 2008, a group of fans supported by the Consumers’ Association were each handed £20 compensation by JJB Sports after the Office of Fair Trading found that the store, among others, sold football shirts at prices inflated in breach of …