September 9, 2024
Britain’s antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet’s Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it believed Google was using anti-competitive practices in open display …
December 12, 2023
Britain’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it would scrutinize environmental claims made by UK consumer goods giant Unilever about certain household essential items, amid a wider crackdown on greenwashing. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it is seeking to …
May 11, 2022
Major European power cable suppliers face a London class action that is seeking hundreds of millions of pounds in damages over allegations that a cartel led to inflated electricity charges for at least 30 million consumers in Britain. The proposed …
January 28, 2022
Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” onto residents of apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster, the U.K. government said as it requested a review of the market. Some residents in medium- and high-rise buildings have seen their …
November 22, 2021
Britain’s competition watchdog said on Monday it will not refer insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co’s planned $3.25 billion purchase of Willis Towers Watson’s treaty reinsurance brokerage business to an in-depth investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority said it …
October 5, 2021
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today that it is investigating the anticipated acquisition of the treaty reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. In a brief statement, which says the probe was …
December 18, 2018
Britain needs a new watchdog to shake up the country’s “Big Four” accounting firms and reduce their dominance of the market for auditing companies’ books, two government-requested reports said on Tuesday. The reports’ proposals mark the most radical attempt yet …
April 29, 2015
Business technology and services provider Xchanging plc announced that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has delivered its formal decision to clear the completed acquisition of Agencyport Europe. Xchanging said the acquisition would “broaden and strengthen its existing insurance …