The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has upheld a decision by the Competition Commission (CC) to reverse the merger between waste disposal companies Stericycle and Ecowaste Southwest.

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has opened an in-depth investigation of the merger between packaging companies Akzo Nobel and Metlac following a referral by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has found that British Sky Broadcasting is no longer dominant in the market for pay-TV movies, reversing its decision of last year.

UK telecoms and media regulator Ofcom has urged the UK’s Competition Commission (CC) not to overestimate Netflix and Lovefilm’s ability to constrain British Sky Broadcasting’s (BSkyB) power in the pay-TV movie market.

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has ordered waste disposal companies Stericycle and Ecowaste Southwest to reverse their merger after concluding that the tie-up could increase prices and lower service levels in the local market.

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.

Despite calls from the Competition Commission (CC) to accept its fate, BAA has filed a further appeal with the UK courts to challenge an order that it must sell London Stansted airport.

John Fingleton, head of the UK's Office of Fair Trading resigned today after seven years at the helm of the agency.

The UK’s Competition Commission has provisionally decided a £1.8 billion UK joint venture between international construction companies Lafarge and Anglo American could damage competition in several markets for construction materials.

John Fingleton, chief executive of the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT), has said the OFT will consider referring the banking sector to the Competition Commission (CC) for a potential break-up of the biggest banks, if competition does not improve.

Builder’s merchant Jewson has told the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) it will sell several stores to avoid a referral of its completed merger with Build Center to the UK’s Competition Commission.

The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has cleared without commitments the joint venture between Alpha Flight Group and LSG Lufthansa Service Holding, despite initial concerns that the deal would lead to a duopoly in the in-flight catering market at several UK airports.

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has upheld the Competition Commission’s (CC) decision to order airport management company BAA to sell its London Stansted airport.

US pay-TV movie service Netflix’s launch in the UK and Ireland last week has complicated the UK Competition Commission’s decision on British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)’s grip on the pay-TV movie market, introducing a significant new competitor for first showings of top movie releases.

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.