The controversy as to whether or not advertising impairs the efficient functioning of markets because it acts as a “barrier” to new firms wishing to enter a market has once again attracted the interest of the UK competition authorities. Looks at the advertising and barrier to entry issue as...

In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the number of mergers and takeovers in the UK referred by the Office of Fair Trading to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for investigation and report. This reflects an ongoing concern of the UK competition authorities with the...

Competition policy in the UK and European Community is concerned with the maintenance and promotion of competitive markets. However, many market sectors in the UK and EC exhibit high levels of supplier concentration and many are dominated by either a quasimonopoly supplier or a core of large...