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No doubt relieved that it has so far evaded the Coalition bonfire of the quangos, the Office of Fair Trading has started a market study of the UK outdoor advertising…

Controversy surrounds the new Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation. As the new rules come into force, how will luxury brand owners, online retailers and advertisers adapt, and who will be…

After an April 2008 Competition Commission report on the UK grocery supply market, a new Groceries Supply Code has just come into force and a new grocery supply “Ombudsman” post…

As the OFT says it will not refer the newspaper and magazine distribution sector to the Competition Commission over practices including the printing of prices on covers, does this mean…

In play was the right to show live coverage of much of GB horse racing. Under starter’s orders were leading bookmakers and the race course owner defendants. The latter triggered…

The Competition Commission has published its provisional decision on the continuation of ITV’s Contract Rights Renewal undertakings. Zoe Hare analyses the issues and looks at why the advertising industry may…

First Conferences sued a former key team member when he set up competitor Inspire Conferences and seemed to be making free with their customer database and trying to divert speakers…

The EC is reviewing a Block Exemption Regulation on Supply and Distribution Agreements. A suggested change would stop online sales of luxury brands unless the seller already had a bricks…

Fines exceeding 215m Euro were recently imposed on German TV stations for offering media buying agencies significant rebates if they committed significant ad spend to their networks. But doesn’t this…

In a rare development, a legal restriction on UK advertising has been scrapped. Yes, the 1988 Restriction on Conduct (Specialist Advertising Services) Order will be history as of 1 November…

Since April 2005 the Competition Commission has been investigating whether any features of the current local ad directory market, dominated by Yell and Thomson with 90% between them, distort, restrict…

When Lowlands cake maker Peijnenburg got fed up with supermarket Albert Heijn’s reductions in the price of its ginger cake, it terminated supplies on three weeks’ notice. Could it do…