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Business
Duncan Tift BusinessDesk 14 Oct 10
The Office of Fair Trading has ruled that the UK’s pub sector is competitive and it has found no evidence of price rigging by the leading pub operators.
The ruling follows a complaint from the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) that the so-called “beer tie”, which requires pub lessees to purchase beer solely through their pub-owning company landlord, was anti-competitive.
The OFT concluded the pub sector was competitive overall and it there was no evidence of competition problems having an adverse impact on consumers…
Business
B'ham Post 22 Oct 09
Britain’s pub industry was given the all-clear by competition watchdogs today following a “super complaint” about so-called beer ties. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it found no evidence that “tied” prices – where pub companies compel tenants to buy drinks from them – were harming competition for consumers. The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) had filed its first ever super complaint to the OFT in July over fears that high rents and beer ties were forcing good landlords out of business…
Construction news
Graeme Brown B'ham Post 22 Sep 09
The UK’s competition watchdog has fined 103 construction firms a total of £129.5 million after an investigation into illegal “bid-rigging”. Several major companies – including Balfour Beatty and Carillion – are among those listed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as having colluded with competitors on building contracts…
Business
B'ham Post 27 Jul 09
A beer and pub lobby group has filed its first ever “super complaint” to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over fears of anti-competitive practices in the industry…
Business news
Birmingham Post 13 May 09
Major pub companies are forcing up the price of beer faster than inflation, an MPs’ inquiry has warned. The finding by the Commons Business and Enterprise Committee, chaired by Worcestershire MP Peter Luff (Con), is a blow to the pub industry, which had complained about unfair competition from supermarkets…