The UK Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading have published guidance on “Good practice in the design and presentation of consumer survey evidence in merger inquiries.”

  The UK Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading have jointly published ‘A Quick Guide to UK Merger Assessment’ to help businesses understand what to expect from the UK competition authorities when they investigate a merger.

  The UK OFT is consulting on two guidance documents that aim to help businesses and company directors comply with competition law. Responses to the consultations are due by 21 January 2011. How Your Business Can Achieve Compliance sets out the OFT’s recommended risk-based, four-step process for creating a culture of compliance within a business. […]

  OFT recently published a review of entry, expansion, and exit barriers in retail banking. OFT launched the study in May 2010 to identify obstacles blocking firms from entering the sector or from successfully competing against existing firms, as well as factors preventing inefficient firms from exiting the market and being replaced by more efficient […]

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Competition Commission (CC) have today for the first time published joint Merger Assessment Guidelines (pdf 710kb).  The guidelines are designed to assist companies and their advisers by providing greater clarity on how the competitive impact of mergers is assessed. <HR>

  As a follow on to the June 30th blog post, here are several more links to agency annual reports for 2009/10. France Italy UK Competition Commission UK OFT Poland Luxembourg Conseil de la concurrence Luxembourg l’Inspection de la concurrence Switzerland Slovak Republic Lithuania Turkey

  The Danish Competition Authority recently released a report that identifies and quantifies the competition culture in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The results are based on empirical data from a qualitative survey among more that two thousands firms and several thousands consumers. The report concludes that Danish firms have a potential to increase […]

  Many competition agencies offer subscriptions to electronic newsletters or email alerts about their activities and news. Here are a few examples: Portugal Australia European Union Ireland Poland Ukraine United Kingdom Zambia Sweden South Africa

  In 2005, the ICN Merger Working Group produced a report on Merger Remedies, compiling common aspects of member practice and illustrative case studies. The report is available here. Last week, June 4, the New Zealand Commerce Commission released divestment guidelines for mergers. They are available here. Other members that have published guidance on merger […]

  The UK Office of Fair Trading has published a report on ‘Drivers of Compliance and Non-compliance with Competition Law’, which presents findings from qualitative OFT research into what motivates businesses to comply with competition law and what businesses have found worked well in practice to achieve this. It also presents findings as to competition […]