The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has ordered construction companies Anglo American and Lafarge to offer divestments, including selling substantial assets to a single buyer, to approve their £1.8 billion joint venture.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed its previous decision to refer the UK private health-care market to the Competition Commission (CC) for further investigation, saying features of the market “prevent, restrict or distort competition”.

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has denied the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) request for Tesco to disclose several documents from an internal investigation, in the company’s appeal over a £10 million fine in the dairy products case.

Long-awaited changes to the UK’s competition regime were announced by the UK's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today, setting the way for a single enforcement body with increased abilities to target cartels but resisting the far-reaching modifications that some called for.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading yesterday announced it will not ask to review International Airline Group’s (IAG) proposed takeover of Lufthansa’s BMI, leaving the European Commission to scrutinise the deal.

UK electrical retailers Dixons, Comet and Argos have prevented a referral of the £1 billion-a-year market for extended warranties to the UK Competition Commission by negotiating an agreement with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering commitments offered by Shell to sell several petrol stations to obtain clearance for its acquisition of petrol assets from Rontec Investments.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has appointed four new directors in two of its investigation groups.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the markets for aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete to the Competition Commission for in-depth investigation.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today referred the merger of two water companies to the Competition Commission, complying to an automatic referral threshold that may soon be significantly increased.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accepted commitments from food producer Princes to allow its merger with rival Premier Foods Group to go ahead.

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) could break up the completed merger between waste management companies Stericycle and Ecowaste Southwest because it “will lead” to a substantial lessening of competition.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today cleared veterinary products manufacturer IDEXX Laboratories of allegations that it abused its dominant position.

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today sent a statement of objections to British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic over alleged price-fixing on fuel surcharges.