The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Housebuilders to set up a code of conduct and a redress scheme for dissatisfied customers following OFT inquiry
Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The agenda for the London roundtable for the FTC at 100 is now available. Location Competition Commission Victoria House Southampton Row London WC1B 4AD Date Friday, September 12 10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks by Alden Abbott and...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
SPIRALLING numbers of cash-strapped homeowners are being forced to sell their properties and then rent them back as the credit crunch deepens across Scotland.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
The Office of Fair Trading has promoted Frances Barr, a veteran legal director, to the role of senior lawyer at the watchdog.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Office of Fair Trading report shows that free banking in the UK is a myth
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Consumer watchdog finds that poorer customers subsidise those that are better off, and that customers are unaware of the charges they face
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Banks make more than £200 a year from each customer, according to an Office of Fair Trading report, which exposes the myth of free banking for all.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Six companies have today reached early resolution agreements with the OFT in which they have admitted engaging in unlawful practices in relation to retail prices for tobacco products in the UK, and have agreed to pay individual penalties which come to a combined maximum of £173.3m before discounts. The companies are Asda, First Quench, Gallaher, One [...]
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
ASDA and Somerfield were fined yesterday for illegally fixing cigarette prices.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Six retailers and tobacco firms have agreed to pay combined fines of £132.3m after admitting unlawful cigarette-pricing practices.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Six companies including the supermarket group Asda and the tobacco giant Gallaher, are set to be fined up to £132.3m after admitting to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that they colluded on the pricing of cigarettes.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Six retailers and tobacco firms have agreed to pay combined fines of £132.3 million after admitting unlawful cigarette pricing practices.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
John Fingleton has a confession to make. The scourge of British business, the man who, as chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), issued £237 million of fines last year, has raided supermarket head offices and gone toe-to-toe with the banks on overdraft fees is, well, a bit of a softie.
