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.
Could you be breaking competition law?
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David Harper, Posted on:
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Competition Act 1998 and cartels, Competition law compliance
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.
Insights into our economic thinking
CMA economists carry out interesting and innovative analysis. Most of this analysis is used in the decisions we make on competition cases, but we also think it’s important to contribute towards current topical issues in the competition world. So, to …
CMA’s new DaTA unit: exciting opportunities for data scientists
Which machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques do competition and consumer protection regulators need to use and understand, in order to promote innovation and protect our society?
Business cartels: recent cases we've taken action on
Posted by:
David Harper, Posted on:
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Categories:
Competition Act 1998 and cartels, Competition law compliance
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 'Cheating or Competing?' website. Protecting customers and ensuring businesses don’t collude to distort …
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 …
How can we help people get a fair deal from consumer markets?
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.
Join us in making a positive difference for consumers
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, …
Secondment opportunities for competition lawyers
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.
Retail banking remedies: an update
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 …
Introducing our Remedies, Business and Financial Analysis team
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 …