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UK Office of Fair Trading RSS feedKier opting for long-server as its new chief
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When chief executive John Dodds retires at the age of 65 next year, Deena Mattar, Kier's 44-year-old finance director, and partner of Dodds after he left his wife for her two years ago, will not be succeeding him2009-11-19T08:30:10ZBank to launch 'fee-free' account
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Spanish banking giant Santander is set to launch an assault on the current account market with the introduction of a fee-free account available to mortgage customers2009-11-19T12:00:08ZEnterprise Inns boss worries that UK has ‘too many pubs’
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Enterprise Inns’ chief executive Ted Tuppen said today that “there are too many pubs in this country”2009-11-17T08:22:34ZOFT is probing bust firms ‘rip-offs’ by accountants
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The big firms of accountants could be ripping off the British economy for million of pounds a year by charging high fees when dealing with companies that go bust2009-11-12T08:51:25ZPub giants cheered as OFT refuses to probe beer tie
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Shares in Britain’s sprawling pub giants surged today after the Office of Fair Trading refused to launch a new investigation into the so-called beer tie2009-10-22T07:23:29ZSmiths News boss upbeat after busy year
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The country’s biggest distributor of newspapers and magazines, Smiths News, has had a hectic year2009-10-22T07:03:48ZHow we should tackle bonus outrage
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2009-10-19T06:41:30ZOFT fines recruitment firms £40 million for price-fixing
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Six recruitment agencies supplying the construction industry with labourers and managers were today fined a total of almost £40 million for price fixing and forming a cartel in order to boycott a new rival2009-09-30T07:41:15ZOFT holds back news referral
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The Office of Fair Trading today said it would not be referring the massively consolidating newspaper and magazines distribution industry to the Competition Commission despite suspicions of potential monopolistic behaviour2009-09-24T07:51:28ZJobless are a worry for JD
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Kevin the teenager is still splashing out, but rising unemployment among the young remains a worry for his favourite shopping group, JD Sports Fashion2009-09-22T07:32:10ZTop British builders fined millions for price fixing
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Several of Britain’s top building firms were handed fines running into millions of pounds today, after being found guilty of brazen scams to rip off the taxpayer and private developers2009-09-22T07:46:54ZWatchdog set to probe 'high' local bus fares
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Britain's £3.6 billion-a-year local buses industry is to be referred to the competition watchdog after it was claimed that restricted competition on many routes has almost certainly made fares too high2009-08-20T13:08:30ZProbe into local buses
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Britain’s £3.6 billion-a-year local buses industry is to be referred to the competition watchdog after it was claimed that restricted competition on many routes has almost certainly pushed fares up too high2009-08-20T07:21:06ZOsborne’s plan to scrap FSA gets a mixed reaction in City
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The City today gave a mixed reaction to Tory proposals to give the Bank of England greater regulatory powers to try to prevent future financial crises2009-07-20T12:45:50ZBan on credit card 'dirty tricks' to stop family debt soaring
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2009-07-02T08:08:46ZScam victims 'likely to be caught out again'
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Those who have fallen victim to "get rich quick" scams or bogus lotteries that cost the public £3.5 billion a year are likely to fall victim again to such schemes, the consumer watchdog the Office of Fair Trading said2009-05-19T07:37:53ZTumbling rates may bring end to free banking
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The future of free banking is in fresh doubt as historically low interest rates threaten bank profits2009-03-05T09:26:23ZRefunds for charges may run into billions
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Bank customers are celebrating a "momentous" legal victory that could open the floodgates to billions of pounds of refunds2009-02-26T14:37:38ZBad deal for the Spanish but they deserve some sympathy
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<strong>Commentary: </strong> Little Englanders can be excused for sniggering at this cautionary tale of corporate comeuppance2009-02-25T13:53:02ZFlights will cost £35 less as BA cuts fuel charge
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British Airways will drop its fuel surcharge by as much as a third on long-haul flights, the airline announced2008-12-17T09:43:19ZBupa job for BA chief in price-fix scandal
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<b>Health: </b>The most senior executive involved in the British Airways price-fixing scandal has landed a job at Bupa2008-12-02T10:48:08ZRecruiters ‘conspired to fix fees on construction sector work’
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Eight of the country's biggest recruitment consultants, including the stock market-quoted Hays, are accused of price fixing by the Office of Fair Trading2008-10-21T09:04:44ZRyanair hits out at BP in aviation fuel price rise row
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BP, one of the oil giants accused of ripping off customers at the petrol pumps, has now been accused of hiking up prices for airlines as well2008-10-16T09:00:46ZSupermarkets facing huge fines over price-fixing claims
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Supermarkets are facing the threat of fines totalling tens of millions of pounds over the alleged price-fixing of shopping-basket staples and big-brand items2008-09-25T09:23:50ZBanks make £152 a year in overdraft charges on every current account
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High Street banksmake £2.6billion a year from overdraft charges on "complex and uncompetitive" current accounts, a report said2008-07-16T09:10:39ZFans' group calls for an inquiry into rising ticket costs
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A leading fans' group urges the Government to clamp down on the soaring cost of football season tickets2008-05-28T08:59:57ZNew names targeted in OFT 'price fix' inquiry
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Mars and Reckitt Benckiser joined Unilever and Procter & Gamble in admitting they had been dragged into the Office of Fair Trading probe into alleged price-fixing at supermarkets.2008-04-28T11:43:34ZSupermarkets 'in cigarette price fix plot'
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Eleven supermarkets have been accused of conspiring with tobacco giants to fix the price of cigarettes2008-04-25T12:29:24ZSupermarkets 'in cigarette price fix plot'
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Eleven supermarkets have been accused of conspiring with tobacco giants to fix the price of cigarettes2008-04-25T12:29:22ZMorrisons wins OFT 'price-fix' apology
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OFT forced into a humiliating climbdown after incorrectly accusing Wm Morrison of colluding to fix prices on dairy products2008-04-23T10:11:26Z