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Speech delivered by Emma Cochrane, Acting Executive Director, Consumer Protection at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The CMA sets out its concerns over Ticketmaster’s sale of Oasis tickets.
More officers trained and funding provided as clampdown on illegal tobacco and vape trade accelerates.
A speech by Sarah Cardell, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive, delivered at the techUK Tech Policy Conference 2025.
The CMA looked at thousands of products to see if loyalty prices offered genuine savings – the evidence says yes.
Government publishes consultation on new measures to tackle unfair and costly subscription traps, which cost consumers £1.6 billion annually.
Response from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to the Department of Education's consultation on the introduction of statutory school uniform guidance.
The CMA has published an open letter to unregulated providers of will writing, online divorce and pre-paid probate services outlining their consumer law obligations.
CMA issues letters to businesses alongside new guidance following an investigation into unregulated providers of will writing, online divorce and pre-paid probate services.
Lourenço Ventura and Emma Cochrane will join the CMA’s existing team and Richard Romney will take up his current Senior Legal Director role on a permanent basis.
The CMA updates on information gathering and announces the appointment of a new advisory panel made up of 2 veterinary nurses and 4 veterinary surgeons.
A letter from Marcus Bokkerink and Sarah Cardell to the Secretaries of State for the Department for Business and Trade, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding ticket sales.
The CMA is investigating concerns regarding the sale of Oasis concert tickets by Ticketmaster, including how so-called ‘dynamic pricing’ may have been used.
Worcester Bosch has committed to change how it markets its boilers to make sure that customers can make well-informed decisions.
The CMA has secured agreement from mattress firm Simba Sleep to protect UK shoppers against potentially misleading claims and pressure selling tactics.
Increases in retail fuel margins cost drivers over £1.6bn in 2023.
Four high street banks – HSBC, Lloyds, TSB and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) – failed to comply with banking rules put in place by the CMA to help their customers.
CMA finds that Nationwide Building Society breached Article 4 of the Payment Protection Insurance Market Investigation Order 2011 by providing incorrect information to PPI customers.
From today, regulations enforcing consumer protections against hacking and cyber-attacks will take effect, mandating that internet-connected smart devices meet minimum-security standards by law.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The CMA’s latest monitoring report on road fuel shows that prices at the pump have risen since late January, accompanied by above average margins and spreads.
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