Mergers charter: one year on
Mergers charter: one year on
A year on from the launch of the CMA’s mergers charter, we’re sharing what’s working well and what would help it to work even better.
How ‘free’ is this trial? Tips for avoiding unexpected charges
The CMA and ASA are reminding people to take care when signing up to 'free' trials. Read these top tips to help you avoid unwanted and unexpected charges which could cost a lot of money.
5 reasons anti-competitive behaviour is bad for everyone
If you suspect a business is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour by colluding with its rivals, you might think it’s not your problem but find out why anti-competitive practices are everyone's concern.
Remedies: holding businesses to account
When investigating mergers or specific industries, we look to see if there are any competition problems that could lead to people paying higher prices or not having a good enough range of options to choose from. If we’re concerned people …
5 consequences of breaking competition law
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.
5 reasons cartel behaviour is bad for business
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.
Big changes in retail banking
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.
Ten ways to make time to talk
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 …
Tech insights and agile working in the DaTA Unit
David Dorrell, Director of Data Science explains why we are developing the capability of our DaTA Unit and the new job roles available.
“Three Good Things”: supporting positive mental health and wellbeing
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.
How the CMA investigates cartels
We provide insight into how we investigate cartels including the processes involved.