Having undertaken a year-long study into the legal services sector, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that competition in legal services for both small businesses and individual consumers is not working well. In particular, there is not enough information available on price, quality and service to help choose the best option. The CMA…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has written an open letter to businesses alerting them that if suppliers restrict their retailers’ prices, they can be breaking the law. The letter follows two recent cases in which businesses were fined a combined total of over £3 million for engaging in resale price maintenance (RPM). RPM occurs…