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 …
...use to get what they’re due. Important changes included giving the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) the power to hear standalone claims. This introduced a fast-track CAT procedure so small businesses...
Concluding our second year as a new department, we’ve been able to benefit from the groundwork laid last year to create a strong organisational capacity and a targeted project portfolio....
As consumers, we have a whole world of purchasing possibilities. It’s never been easier to shop online to get the best deals on everything from car rentals to Easter eggs....
I recently listened to a brilliant podcast called ‘Start-up’. Unsurprisingly, it’s about a guy who’s starting his own business. What is surprising – at least to someone who isn’t in...
...services through surveys and interviews. More details about our study can be found on the project page. Our interim findings will be published by July 2016. We plan to publish...
Alex Chisholm talks about the benefits of effective competition enforcement throughout the EU, the European Commission’s related consultation and why your views count. The new year is traditionally a time...
The next financial year will be the CMA’s third full year of operation. We’ve set out our plans and priorities in the consultation on our annual plan for 2016/17 and...
...any notice – for example prices going up or storage capacity being reduced. And we’ve heard about people losing their information or not being able to access it when they...
Here at the CMA, in these few months since our last Promoting Competition bulletin, we’ve continued to see a lot of activity and some big milestones. This has included a...
...help make things clearer for you when you rent a car. We’ve been leading a project where we worked with the European Commission and other European Union countries to look...