{"id":172116,"date":"2022-07-19T02:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=172116"},"modified":"2024-05-13T05:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T04:24:38","slug":"cma-competition-and-markets-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/corporations\/cma-competition-and-markets-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Competition and Markets Authority in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a business looking to merge or acquire another company, it is important that you are aware of the role and jurisdiction of the Competition and Markets Authority<\/a> (CMA<\/strong>). The Competition and Markets Authority is the UK’s regulator of competition law<\/a>, and is responsible for preventing anti-competitive practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article will elaborate on what the Competition and Markets Authority does, what they are responsible for, and when you may want to engage with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the CMA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Competition and Markets Authority are the UK’s competition watchdogs, and have been fully operational in its current form since April 2014. The CMA is a non-ministerial department, and is concerned with ensuring that the UK economy has a healthy amount of competition, and does not disadvantage consumers from anti-competitive practices<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the CMA will deal with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n