CMA boss sacking must signal the end of regulatory overreach
The CMA has damaged business with its trigger-happy approach to blocking mergers and acquisitions. Forcing out the chair is a ...
Ousted competition chief warns Reeves’s growth bid risks backfiring
The ousted boss of Britain’s competition watchdog has hit back at Rachel Reeves amid concerns that the Government plans to ...
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‘It’s a clear message’: Reeves’ CMA scalp fires warning to regulators
Marcus Bokkerink, who joined the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in 2022 ... with executives and Westminster over decisions to block high profile deals, most notably the tie-up between ...
‘It’s a clear message’: Reeves’ CMA scalp fires warning to regulators
The government has sent a “clear message” to UK regulators by ousting the chair of competition watchdog, in what lawyers described as the “most overtly political” regulatory intervention of recent ...
The Daily Telegraph21d
Labour installs Amazon man at CMA as Trump threatens tech war
as the CMA has in recent years been attacked for attempting to halt a wide range of deals. This includes an effort to block Microsoft’s $69bn (£56bn) takeover of gaming company Activision in ...
CMA begins redundancy programme after overshooting budget
The competition watchdog is planning to slash its head count by around ten per cent after overshooting its budget last year, piling fresh pressure on the body following the sudden exit of its chair ...
The Financial Times21d
A smart play for UK’s ‘open for business’ agenda
One of the more damaging decisions taken in the last parliament was the CMA’s decision to block Microsoft’s $75bn acquisition of video-games maker Activision Blizzard. (The regulator approved ...
Under-fire competition regulator cuts 10pc of its staff after ‘budgeting error’
Britain’s competition regulator is cutting almost 10pc of its staff after a wave of accidental overspending. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), whose chairman was unexpectedly ousted by the ...
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Analysis-Britain appeals to Big Tech with change of regulatory guard
The CMA had already made changes under Bokkerink after it took on Microsoft in 2023 only to back down. It was the only major regulator to block the U.S. tech firm's $69 billion takeover of "Call of ...
The Financial Times22d
Ministers force out chair of UK’s competition regulator
The CMA came under intense criticism from Microsoft in 2023 for its handling ... based businesses — after having initially sought to block it. Tom Smith, partner at law firm Geradin Partners ...
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Analysis-Britain appeals to Big Tech with change of regulatory guard
The CMA had already made changes under Bokkerink after it took on Microsoft in 2023 only to back down. It was the only major regulator to block the U.S. tech firm's $69 billion takeover of "Call ...