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The Competition Commission closed on 1 April 2014. Its functions have transferred to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). View the closed CC site in the UK Government Web Archive . Use services and information now provided by other organisations...
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
All businesses, whatever their size, must understand how they’re affected…
You must avoid all types of anti-competitive activity in your business…
The people who run your business are responsible for ensuring it does not…
The way you report anti-competitive activity depends on the type of…
Find out how to comply with competition law, with essential information for all businesses and sector specific guides.
We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
Synopsys’ purchase of Ansys raises competition concerns in the supply of semiconductor chip design and light simulation products in the UK – but deal could be approved by the CMA if its concerns are resolved.
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is a specialist judicial body with a cross-disciplinary expertise in law, economics, business and accountancy, whose function is to hear and decide cases involving competition or economic regulatory issues. CAT is a tribunal of...
The Competition Service (CS) hears appeals on rulings by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the regulators of the telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, railways and air traffic services. It also reviews decisions made...
A speech by Joel Bamford, the CMA's Executive Director for Mergers, delivered at the City & Financial Global M&A Summit 2024.
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