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  • Eighty four per cent of health and safety rules will have been scrapped or improved in this Parliament, freeing employers from unnecessary red tape.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is seeking to recruit a number of IT Professionals.

  • Water minister announces new funding for Business in the Community Water Taskforce.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The CMA Cartels and Criminal Group has launched a campaign to hire a number of talented individuals across a range of specialisms including intelligence, civil cartel enforcement and digital forensics.

  • The CMA has published an issues statement following its referral of the completed acquisition by Xchanging plc of certain companies comprising all of the European operations of Agencyport Software Group (Agencyport) for a fu…

  • The CMA has found that Sonoco Products Company’s acquisition of Weidenhammer Packaging Group GmbH gives rise to a realistic prospect of a substantial lessening of competition and will be referred for an in-depth phase 2 inve…

  • The CMA has welcomed today’s judgment by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) to uphold the CMA’s decision to bar Eurotunnel from running its MyFerryLink service out of Dover, to safeguard competition.

  • The CMA has decided to consider in detail whether to accept an undertaking offered by Motor Fuel Limited (MFL) instead of carrying out an in-depth phase 2 merger investigation.

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  • The CMA has referred Reckitt Benckiser’s anticipated acquisition of the K-Y brand for an in-depth phase 2 investigation.

  • The CMA has published a draft order setting out how changes resulting from its investigation into private motor insurance will be introduced.

  • The CMA has today accepted undertakings from Immediate Media to sell the titles ‘Your Family Tree’, ‘Cross Stitcher’ and ‘Cross Stitch Collection’, and their associated digital versions, to Dennis.

  • Work of the Department for Communities and Local Government during Christmas Recess.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The CMA has referred Pork Farms Caspian Limited’s completed acquisition of Kerry Foods’ chilled savoury pastry business for an in-depth phase 2 investigation.

  • New reforms to reduce bureaucracy for house builders and measures to protect tenants introduced in the latest Statement of New Regulation.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Over the past six months, the independent Regulatory Policy Committee has verified over 100 additional legal changes, resulting in £2.2 billion net savings each year to business, charities and voluntary groups within the sco…

  • Business Minister Matthew Hancock announces the government’s war on red tape has saved business £10 billion over the last 4 years.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £300 million worth of gift vouchers bought this year could go unspent according to research by the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The CAT has agreed to the CMA’s request to quash part of its final report into the private healthcare market investigation and remit it back to the CMA to reconsider and reach a new decision.

  • The UK Competition Network (UKCN) now has a web presence on GOV.UK.