CMA TO INVESTIGATE VM’s ‘END OF LIFE’ COMMITMENTS
Competition body to ensure that vehicle manufacturers are fulfilling their obligations to recycle vehicles responsibly
CMA
ECP BOSS WARNS OF BLOCK EXEMPTION ‘EXISTENTIAL THREAT’
Andy Hamilton rails against VM ‘mini monopolies’ and demands that the UK government and the CMA take action in face of ‘abuse’ of the rules
UK GOV TO REVIEW BLOCK EXEMPTION RENEWAL
The Secretary of State may vary, revoke or replace the block exemption agreement
CMA: UNIVERSAL COMPONENTS MUST SELL CV FACTOR BUSINESS
Competition and Markets Authority rules that Universal Components must sell 3G Truck and Trailer Parts
UK’S NEWEST FACTOR JOINS IAAF
Former Andrew Page branches join aftermarket federation as an independent chain
ANDREW PAGE: END OF AN ERA
After more than a century selling parts, the Andrew Page brand is being retired. We look at this once vast motor factor’s history
OSRAM COMPLETES RING AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION
CMA clears takeover, which Ring hopes will provide ‘opportunities for further expansion’
EURO CAR PARTS DIVESTS NINE AP BRANCHES
ECP sells certain Andrew Page branches as required by CMA ruling
BREAKING: ANDREW PAGE BRANCH CLOSURES
Factor chain closes branches and calls divert to Euro Car Parts
BREAKING: NINE AP BRANCHES MUST BE SOLD TO ‘PURCHASER APPROVED BY CMA’
In a statement released by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Euro Car Parts must now ‘sell a depot in each of these areas to a purchaser approved by CMA, so that customers don’t lose out’.
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RNH Solutions rebrands to MA…Move follows acquisition by KCS last November...
Supplier update: Muller Filt…Filtration 'is a product group UKS wanted to investigate further'...
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Halfords to recruit more app…Deal done with Palmer Foundation charity to bring in new candidates...
Movers & ShakersChanging faces at KMT (Klarius), RMI and Repairify UK...
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