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  • The CMA is to undertake a project to examine the scope for increasing competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain, and to see whether this could lead to better value for money and improve service quality. This wi…

  • The CMA is consulting on a proposed undertaking in lieu of a reference in relation to the acquisition of 228 petrol stations by Motor Fuel Limited from Murco Petroleum Limited.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Since the launch of the in-depth market investigation on 6 November, the retail banking team has been gathering information from interested parties and liaising with regulators and government.

  • MFG has the chance to avoid a full merger investigation by the CMA following its completed acquisition of petrol stations and fuel supply contracts from Murco Petroleum Limited – if it can offer an acceptable solution to add…

  • The CMA has announced that Reckitt Benckiser’s anticipated acquisition of Johnson & Johnson’s K-Y brand will be referred for an in-depth phase 2 investigation unless acceptable undertakings are offered.

  • The CMA is consulting on amendments to two of the proposed remedies in its payday lending investigation.

  • The CMA today cleared the proposed merger of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust.

  • The CMA has found that Pork Farms’ completed acquisition of Kerry Foods’ chilled savoury pastry (CSP) business gives rise to a realistic prospect of a substantial lessening of competition and will be referred for an in-depth…

  • The CMA and the French Autorité de la concurrence have jointly published a report on the economics of open and closed systems.