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• CC approves Edinburgh Airport sale

  23 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has approved BAA’s sale of Edinburgh Airport to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).

• CC provisionally clears water merger

  20 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has today provisionally cleared South Staffordshire Plc’s (SS Plc’s) completed acquisition of Cambridge Water PLC (CAM).

• CC to investigate West of Scotland bus merger

  18 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) is to investigate McGill’s Bus Services Limited’s (McGill’s) completed acquisition of the Arriva Scotland West local bus business.

• CC to investigate oil distribution merger

  5 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) is to investigate the completed acquisition by DCC Energy UK Limited, which operates GB Oils, of a number of businesses from Rontec LLP Limited and previously owned by Total Downstream UK plc, including the Total Butler oil distribution business.

• OFT refers private healthcare market to CC

  4 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) is to carry out an investigation into the market for privately-funded healthcare services.

• VPS/SitexOrbis merger - issues statement

  4 Apr 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) has published an issues statement as part of its inquiry into the completed acquisition by VPS Holdings Limited of SitexOrbis Holdings Limited.

• NI Regulator refers gas price control to CC

  30 Mar 2012

  NI Regulator refers gas price control to CC

• Animal by-products merger inquiry formally cancelled

  23 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) formally cancelled its inquiry concerning the anticipated acquisition by Linergy Limited (Linergy) of Ulster Farm By-Products Limited (Ulster Farm) on 22 March.

• CC requires Stericycle to sell Ecowaste Southwest

  21 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) will require Stericycle Inc (Stericycle) to sell Ecowaste Southwest Limited, a company it bought last year, after concluding that the acquisition would lead to a loss of local rivalry leading to higher prices and lower service levels in parts of the South-West of England than would have been the case in the absence of the merger.

• CC responds to competition regime plans

  15 Mar 2012

  The Competition Commission (CC) today welcomed the Government’s announcement of its plans for reform of the UK’s competition regime and committed to working with the Government and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to make the reforms, which centre round the merger of the two competition authorities, work.