We ran an essay competition to mark the 10th anniversary of the CMA. 85 students and recent graduates sent in their entries in response to the question: ‘What are the benefits of a strong competition and/or consumer protection regime, and …
The CMA and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have been working together to review remedies – interventions – that apply to markets and the businesses that operate in them.
Most people working at the CMA will tell you that they want to make a positive difference through the work they do. And nowhere is that more true than in the Consumer Protection Enforcement team. We’re passionate about helping consumers, …
We are launching a new round of secondment opportunities for competition lawyers, starting on 28 October 2019. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 18 September 2019.
In February I blogged about CMA reforms that are making personal and business banking easier. Since then, we’ve been working with government, regulators and the industry, to make sure the benefits of these reforms are fully realised and that banks …
I have two main functions here at the CMA. I head up our Remedies, Business and Financial Analysis professional group and I am our senior champion for Wellbeing and Mental Health. I find both roles challenging and rewarding and each …
Online dating websites are used by many people to make the path to love smoother, helping them find someone who shares their love of rom-coms, Friday nights in and long walks on the beach…
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. …
We’ve joined forces with our international consumer protection counterparts to identify terms and conditions (T&Cs) in the digital economy that may be harming customers - which in today’s digital age equates to many millions of people across the globe. Following …
Joint ventures have a lot of appeal and for good reason. When businesses join forces they can pool goods, services and funds to help them innovate and achieve commercial success that they couldn’t otherwise do alone. This is especially true …
The CMA has published its latest annual report on the concurrency regime. In a nutshell, concurrency refers to the fact that both the CMA and sector regulators (such as the regulators in the communications, energy, water, aviation, rail, healthcare, financial …