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Comment: UK competition landscape looks hard for companies expecting Covid-19 largesse

By Victoria Ibitoye ( September 7, 2020, 14:15 GMT | Comment) -- The Covid-19 pandemic has not provoked a top-to-bottom shakeup of the UK’s competition regime — even if it arguably should have done in some areas. The Competition and Markets Authority has been generally hesitant to overly relax rules, and has shown it will ask hard questions of merging companies that cite Covid-19 in their rationale. In this, as in the UK's uncertain state aid regime, expect some bold and controversial calls from the regulator.As the UK public woke up to the unfolding coronavirus outbreak in March, the nation's competition watchdog was notably quick to take temporary measures to protect consumers from the enveloping disruption. ...

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