Update on our approach to market interventions
Update on our approach to market interventions
How our new markets regime guidance will streamline our approach and minimise uncertainty for businesses.
Promoting Competition: the CMA’s update on our work
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....
ICPEN Fraud Prevention Month 2016: How to spot misleading advertising of prices online
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....
Competing fairly in business – why it matters to start-ups
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...
Is the legal services sector working for consumers and small businesses?
...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...
Promoting a level playing field across Europe: a chance to have your say
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...
Our priorities for the next financial year
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...
Cloud 9 or stormy weather?
...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...
Promoting Competition: the CMA's quarterly update on our work
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...
Putting car rental customers in the driving seat
...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...
Criminal cartel enforcement after galvanised steel tanks
What next for criminal cartel enforcement? CMA Cartels and Criminal Group head Stephen Blake reflects on the implications of the recently concluded galvanised steel tanks criminal case. With the sentencing...