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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK regulators struggle to recruit staff for post-Brexit roles

    CMA, HSE and FSA are facing shortfall of lawyers, vets and toxicologists, warns spending watchdog

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    UK competition watchdog to end 2-year search for new chair

    Clive Bannister set to be named CMA head and Sarah Cardell lined up as interim chief

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK ministers retreat from giving new tech regulator statutory backing

    Bill on oversight of likes of Google and Facebook out of Queen’s Speech, with legislation promised ‘in due course’

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Morrisons takeover set for approval from regulator

    Private equity group CD&R offers to sell 87 petrol stations to pave way for deal

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Technology regulation
    UK ministers ditch plans to empower tech regulator

    Government not expected to include legislation to beef up CMA’s digital markets unit in Queen’s Speech

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    UK government seeks first female chief executive for competition watchdog

    CMA’s top lawyer Sarah Cardell among leading contenders to take over helm when Andrea Coscelli steps down in July

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    M&A regulation: Brexit empowers CMA to flex pro-markets muscle Premium content

    UK watchdog wields increasing influence over global M&A

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Avast/NortonLifeLock: CMA broadside takes investor aback Premium content

    Regulators are belatedly beginning to recognise the anti-competitive nature of network advantages enjoyed by large tech platforms

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Cyber Security
    NortonLifeLock’s $8bn Avast deal hits snag as UK regulator raises concerns

    Merger between cyber security companies could cut competition and raise prices, warns CMA

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    EU tech regulation
    EU and UK open antitrust probe into Google and Meta over online ads

    Europe’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    More foster care should be state run, says UK competition regulator

    Taxpayers pay price of ‘dysfunctional’ market in care provision and children’s homes, says CMA

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Mitie Group PLC
    CMA investigates Mitie over immigration centre bids

    Outsourcer says it has withdrawn a bid to manage Derwentside in Durham when its contract runs out in 2023

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    JD Sports Fashion PLC
    JD Sports and Footasylum fined £5mn for sharing information after merger blocked

    Competition regulator hands out penalty after executives met during investigation

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Sony Music Entertainment Inc
    UK regulator set to clear Sony’s $430mn acquisition of indie music label AWAL

    Provisional approval given for purchase of Little Simz distributor

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    UK schools
    UK regulator makes inquiries into IT systems contracts after school backlash

    CMA writes to institutions about agreements with Education Software Solutions

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Technology regulation
    Amazon designated a grocer by CMA in regulatory crackdown

    UK competition regulator says tech giant must adhere to rules governing the way supermarkets treat suppliers

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    Stand by for a big year in UK class actions

    Decisions made this year have paved the way for a particular type of collective claim in 2022

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    Taylor Wimpey PLC
    Taylor Wimpey to abolish costly leasehold clauses after CMA crackdown

    UK housebuilder agrees to remove doubling ground rent terms from property contracts

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    #techFT
    UK regulator tackles Apple and Google mobile duopoly

    Crypto reined in, FT POTY Musk interview, Oppo’s Air Glass

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Veolia Environnement VE SA
    UK watchdog threatens in-depth probe of Veolia’s takeover of Suez

    Regulator fears merged entity of waste and water companies could lead to higher prices

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    Why criticism of regulators on Seedrs US buyout is overdone

    Competition watchdog should not be in business of picking winners or insulating UK companies from foreign ownership

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK watchdog’s bite of Facebook leaves a mark

    The CMA decision will affect future Big Tech purchases

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    #techFT
    CMA’s animated reaction to Meta’s power

    Amazon union rerun, NFT primer, fashion looks at gaming

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Meta Platforms
    Facebook owner Meta ordered by UK regulator to sell Giphy

    CMA says decision meant to protect social media users and promote competition in digital advertising

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    Meta Platforms
    UK regulator expected to block Meta’s Giphy deal

    Move would be the first time the competition watchdog has reversed a Big Tech acquisition

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