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Guidance and regulation

• Alcohol licensing

  Detailed guide

  24 May 2018

  Home Office

• Trade mark forms and fees

  Guidance

  25 September 2017

  Intellectual Property Office

• Secure by Design

  Guidance

  14 October 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

• Non-disclosure agreements
  • Guidance
  • 12 March 2015
  • Intellectual Property Office
• Product safety for manufacturers
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 May 2018
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Office for Product Safety and Standards

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News and communications

23 October 2018 — Cma case

CareTech Holdings plc / Cambian Group plc merger inquiry

Competition and Markets Authority

1. Motor Fuel Group (MFG) / MRH merger inquiry
   • 22 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Rentokil Initial plc / MPCL Limited (formerly Mitie Pest Control Limited) merger inquiry
   • 22 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
3. CMA sends tough message to business cheats with cartel campaign
   • 22 October 2018
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Press release
4. Pressure grows on producers of illegal streaming devices and thieves of paid-for content
   • 22 October 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• UK businesses’ understanding of competition law
  • 22 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Searching and switching in retail banking
  • 15 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Estimating diversion ratios in hospital mergers
  • 15 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Pricing algorithms research, collusion and personalised pricing
  • 8 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Research
• Survey of innovation and patent use
  • 4 October 2018
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Digital Competition Expert Panel: Call For Evidence 16 October 2018

  HM Treasury

  Open consultation

  Closing date 08 December 2018

• Small scale DAB licensing consultation 13 October 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 28 February 2018

• Consultation on the use of a Legislative Reform Order to reform the administration of the Horserace Betting Levy 10 October 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 17 February 2018

• Furniture parts cartel case study
  • 10 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Case study
• Smart Data Review
  • 28 September 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Pubs Code Adjudicator and Tenant Representative Group Forum Meeting Notes
  • 19 October 2018
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • Transparency
• PCA Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2016/2017
  • 19 October 2018
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • Corporate report
• IPO customer service standards
  • 4 October 2018
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency
• Merger inquiry outcome statistics
  • 2 October 2018
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Transparency
• Awards made in favour of a tenant
  • 1 October 2018
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator
  • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Intellectual Property Office
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
5. Home Office

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1. Office for Product Safety & Standards
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. Ministry of Justice
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Groceries Code Adjudicator
6. HM Treasury
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
9. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
10. Cabinet Office
11. Pubs Code Adjudicator
12. Department for Transport
13. Department of Health & Social Care
14. HM Revenue & Customs
15. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
16. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
17. UK Export Finance
18. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
19. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
20. Ministry of Defence
21. Crown Commercial Service
22. Government Actuary's Department
23. Department for Education
24. Department for International Trade
25. The Insolvency Service
26. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
27. Government Equalities Office
28. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29. Northern Ireland Office
30. Public Health England
31. Company Names Tribunal
32. Department for International Development
33. Government Office for Science
34. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
35. HM Passport Office
36. Marine Management Organisation
37. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
38. Attorney General's Office
39. Bona Vacantia
40. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
41. Central Arbitration Committee
42. CFRA
43. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
44. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
45. Companies House
46. Copyright Tribunal
47. Department for Exiting the European Union
48. Immigration Enforcement
49. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
50. Office for Civil Society
51. Office of the Public Guardian
52. Stabilisation Unit
53. Coal Authority
54. Tribunal Procedure Committee
55. UK Atomic Energy Authority

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. Regulatory Policy Committee
3. Environment Agency
4. British Hallmarking Council
5. Government Chemist
6. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Export Control Joint Unit
9. Innovate UK
10. Ofqual
11. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
12. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
13. Social Security Advisory Committee
14. UK Space Agency
15. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
16. Highways England
17. HM Land Registry
18. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
19. Ofsted
20. Single Source Regulations Office
21. UK Hydrographic Office