Calling all graduates: Grad scheme opportunity at the CMA
Calling all graduates: Grad scheme opportunity at the CMA
Applications for our Delivery Graduate Scheme are open for October 2025!
How the end of the Transition Period affects UK merger control
The ‘transition period’ following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. This brought with it the most significant change to UK merger control in close to 20 years. While the largest cross-border …
Promoting Competition Bulletin December 2020
Today the CMA has published its draft 2021/22 annual plan for consultation. It sets our proposed overall direction and main themes for the coming year. We look forward to receiving your views. There have been a number of developments since our last Promoting Competition bulletin in July this …
Sustainable or suspect? Concerns about green marketing
Mike considers some of the ways products and services are marketed that could be misleading shoppers over their environmental impact. Find out what we're investigating and how you can help inform our work.
Tips for shopping online: what to look out for before you buy
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This year we took part in National Consumer Week to make sure customers know what to look out for when shopping online. Read this blog for some useful tips to help you shop online safely.
We're supporting National Consumer Week
We're providing top tips to help people protect themselves when shopping online. Knowing what to look out for before you buy will help save time and money. But, even the most diligent buyers can have problems.
Ann’s rise through the ranks
Ann Pope started her career in the Government Economic Service as an assistant economist at BEIS predecessor, the Department of Trade and Industry and has worked her way up to become our Senior Director of Antitrust. We interviewed Ann about her career so far, find out what she had to say.
Private healthcare professionals and competition rules - what you need to know
A recent case in the healthcare sector has prompted the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to remind private hospital groups and the consultants they work with, that involvement in anti-competitive agreements is against the law and carries serious consequences.
Why the CMA is taking action on leaseholds
Leasehold has long been a feature of home ownership in England and Wales. With a leasehold property you get to live in the home, and the land it is built on for a specified period. This period was often for …
Predictive coding: how technology could help to streamline cases
Find out how the CMA has trialled predictive coding on recent investigations and how it could help to streamline future cases.
Promoting Competition Bulletin July 2020
The CMA today publishes its Annual Report and Accounts 2019 to 2020 which covers the wide range of work we carried out over the past year to make a positive difference for consumers, businesses and the UK economy. The Annual …