Archive of all Competition and Markets Authority articles – Page 15
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NewsMedia Bites: Asda, Grocery sales, Retail evictions
The competition watchdog is investigating the £6.8bn takeover of Asda
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NewsCMA launches probe into Asda takeover by Issa brothers
The proposed £6.8bn takeover by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa was announced in October
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will PAI do with Addo and Winterbotham Darby?
The PE firm aims to create the UK’s best value-added chilled food company
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NewsCMA fast-track Crowdcube merger with Seedrs straight to in-depth phase 2 investigation
The UK’s competition watchdog has kicked off an in-depth investigation into the merger of crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs after finding causes for concern.
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NewsSupermarkets’ NI trusted trader scheme branded ‘anti-competitive’
The government is in discussions with the EU about a ‘trusted trader scheme’ for supermarkets in Northern Ireland
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NewsOnly 10 to 15 forecourts at risk in Asda-EG Group deal, claim experts
The number of forecourts at risk in a CMA review of the Asda buyout by EG Group’s owners barely reaches double figures
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NewsCity snapshot: CMA clears brewing merger between Marston’s and Carlsberg
The UK competition regulator has cleared the £780m merger of Marston’s and Carlsberg’s UK brewing operations. Plus UK GDP growth slows to 2.1% in August and all the rest of the latest news in the City.
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ProfilesWe are our own bosses now, no longer part of Walmart, says Asda CFO
Asda chief financial officer Rob McWilliam tells us everything we want to know following today’s announcement
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy does EG Group want to buy Asda and what will it do with it?
The deal with TDR Capital and the Issa brothers would put raw entrepreneurship and ambition in the driving seat at Asda
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Comment & OpinionAsda EG Group combo will reverberate through the grocery sector
With combined sales of £40bn, it will be the UK’s second-biggest retailer (by sales)
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Analysis & FeaturesHow discounter B&M broke into the FTSE 100
B&M was loss-making and relatively little known when Simon and Bobby Arora bought it in 2004. How have the brothers transformed it?
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NewsMedia Bites 20 August: Marstons/Carlsberg UK, Morrisons/Amazon, Diageo
The Competition and Markets Authority has begun an investigation into the proposed joint venture between brewers Marston’s and Carlsberg UK
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NewsCMA launches investigation into £780m Marston’s and Carlsberg deal
The UK competition regulator has launched a probe into the £780m merger of Marston’s and Carlsberg’s UK brewing operations.
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Analysis & FeaturesAmazon free grocery delivery: should UK grocers be worried?
Amazon has made free, fast grocery delivery a standard perk of Prime membership in the UK. How big is the threat to UK grocery retailers?
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NewsSamworth Brothers picks up Urban Eat sandwich brand from collapsed Adelie
The brand was sold to Samworth for £6.4m, following Adelie appointing Deloitte as administrator on 26 May
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NewsCMA clears Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo
The long-running decision saga has seen the authority flip-flop between allowing the deal to proceed and halting it
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy aren’t Amazon and Deliveroo happy with the CMA verdict?
Objections raised by the two – despite the CMA’s provisional approval of their merger – reveal clues about their ambitions
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Dobbies Garden/Sainsbury’s, Amazon/Deliveroo, VAT cuts
Dobbies Garden Centres inks a deal to stock Sainsbury’s food, rival delivery firms warn against Amazon tie-up with Deliveroo and some high street food chains vow to pass on VAT cuts to customers through lower prices
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NewsCAMRA calls for competition watchdog to investigate Carlsberg-Marston’s deal
The group believes the merger will reduce the availability of beer to pub-goers
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NewsCMA drops convenience stores from pandemic price gouging investigation
A pharmacy is now at the centre of the CMA’s only remaining investigation into excessive pricing during the pandemic