BMW DETAILS AGENCY PLANS – WHICH INCLUDE NEARLY-NEW AA CARS LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE DELIVERY FOR RETAILERS BMW FACES £15k A DAY FINE BY UK WATCHDOG PENDRAGON TO DEMOLISH PEUGEOT RETAILER, EXPAND KIA...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final recommendation to the Secretary of State on the retained EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation. It has recommended that the...

Nike is aiming to cut the number of chains it supplies to only 40 worldwide as part of its Consumer Direct Offensive initiative. Several leading UK retailers, such as Very Group and Schuh, have...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a formal probe into Amazon and Google over concerns that they have not been doing enough to combat fake reviews on their sites. The CMA is...

The CMA has opened an investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third party cookies and other functionalities from its Chrome browser. The investigation will assess whether the proposals could...

Amsterdam’s Farringdon Capital Management, co-founded and owned by Bram Cornelisse, has taken a 3.36% stake in Pendragon. The deal sees Farringdon become Pendragon’s sixth-largest institutional...

BMW has reversed its policy of stopping its franchised network from using Carwow after an initial assessment by the Competition and Markets Authority. In a statement issued by the CMA, it said it...

Cases now coming before the courts under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPR) are no longer just about what has been said, but also what has not been said. While the category...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has written an open letter to UK businesses to warn about price fixing between manufacturers and retailers. Want to read more articles on this website? Sign...

BMW has been reported to the Competition and Markets Authority by Carwow for what it believes are “anti-competitive” controls that stop franchise holders from using the online car sales channel....

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Government departments get renamed and revamped every few years. I think it’s an unwritten rule for any political party in power.  One renaming and revamping that may have passed you by is the...