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CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK

Sarah Cardell

CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK

Search and Search Advertising are critical for UK consumers and businesses so it’s vital that effective competition delivers good outcomes. Overview Google search accounts for more than 90% of all general search queries in the UK, with millions of people …

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5 consequences of breaking competition law

Posted by: Georgina Laverack, Posted on: 2 March 2020 - Categories: Competition law compliance
Man in suit, sat outside looking distressed

If you’re a business owner or a company director, it’s your responsibility to ensure that your business complies with competition law. If your business colludes with others to engage in price fixing, market sharing or bid rigging, here’s what can happen.

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5 reasons cartel behaviour is bad for business

Posted by: Georgina Laverack, Posted on: 25 February 2020 - Categories: Competition law compliance
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Healthy competition between suppliers is good for businesses and customers alike. But sometimes suppliers get together and collude. In this blog I'll be covering why that's bad for business.

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Big changes in retail banking

Posted by: Colin Garland, Posted on: 20 February 2020 - Categories: Consumer protection
Picture of bank cards with text saying 'making banks work harder for you'

It’s 2 years since most of our reforms to the retail banking sector came into effect, following our 2016 investigation. These were designed to make banks work harder for their customers – both individuals and SMEs.

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Ten ways to make time to talk

Posted by: Adam Land, Posted on: 6 February 2020 - Categories: Life at the CMA

Today, 6th February, is Time to Talk Day 2020.  This is a national event encouraging everyone to be more open about mental health. As you may be aware from previous blogs, I've made the highly personal choice to write about …

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Tech insights and agile working in the DaTA Unit 

Posted by: David Dorrell, Posted on: 18 October 2019 - Categories: Life at the CMA
person typing on a laptop

David Dorrell, Director of Data Science explains why we are developing the capability of our DaTA Unit and the new job roles available.

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“Three Good Things”: supporting positive mental health and wellbeing

Posted by: Adam Land, Posted on: 9 October 2019 - Categories: Life at the CMA
Three good things

We're celebrating our fourth annual Wellbeing Week at the CMA. In this blog post, Adam shares an exercise he's found useful to promote positive wellbeing at work.

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How the CMA investigates cartels

Posted by: Ashley Wakeman, Posted on: 6 September 2019 - Categories: Competition Act 1998 and cartels

We provide insight into how we investigate cartels including the processes involved.

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Working with us to tackle cartels

Posted by: Sean McNabb, Director - Cartels, Posted on: 9 August 2019 - Categories: Competition Act 1998 and cartels, Competition law compliance
Woman on the phone blowing a whistle.

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.

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Promoting Competition Bulletin July 2019

Posted by: Andrea Coscelli, Posted on: 18 July 2019 - Categories: Promoting Competition bulletins
Andrea Coscelli, CEO of the CMA

We've been working apace since our last bulletin in December. Read about some of our recent highlights in Andrea Coscelli's blog post.

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Holiday deposits and cancellation fees - are you being treated fairly?

Posted by: Paul Latham, Posted on: 27 June 2019 - Categories: Consumer protection
1 in 5 consumers who experienced cancelling a holiday say that they were treated unfairly

No-one wants to cancel a holiday but if you have to, you shouldn't lose out more than is necessary. This blog explains what consumer law means for deposit and cancellation fees, and how you can make sure you’re being treated fairly.

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