The OFT has referred the acquisition by Kerry Foods Limited of the frozen ready meals business of Headland Food Limited to the CC under the Enterprise Act 2002.

On 8 February 2011, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred Stena AB's completed acquisition of two Irish Sea ferry services from DFDS A/S to the Competition Commission (CC).

The Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') supported by Ofwat, has launched a market study into the market for the treatment of organic waste.

According to data disclosed under a Freedom of Information Act request, the Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') accepted every one of the 25 leniency applications it received in 2010 compared with only 13 of the 15 applications it received in 2009.

On 25 February 2011, the Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') issued a Statement of Objections ('SO') to CH Jones, alleging that it had abused a dominant position in the market for bunker fuel cards services, contrary to the Chapter II prohibition of the Competition Act and Article 102 of the TFEU.

The OFT is to review the specific competition regulatory rules relating to the sale of domestic electrical goods in the UK.

On 7 September 2010, the Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") announced the launch of a market study into the UK aggregates market to assess whether the market delivers good value for tax payers and end consumers.

On 20 June 2011, the Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') announced that it was going to refer the anticipated acquisition by BATS Trading Limited of Chi-X Europe Limited to the Competition Commission ('CC') for further regulatory scrutiny in accordance with its powers under the Enterprise Act 2002.

On 8 April 2011 the Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') published the text of a request for the referral of the UK aspects of Aditya Birla Group's proposed acquisition of Columbian Chemicals Acquisition LLC to the European Commission ('Commission').

Following an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal ('CAT') by Ryanair, the Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') has put on hold a decision as to whether or not to refer Ryanair's minority stake in Aer Lingus for further phase II investigation.

On 10 September 2010, the Office of Rail Regulation ("ORR") announced the launch of a public market study into access to sites suitable for rail freight business in Britain.

The Office of Fair Trading ('OFT') announced on 19 November 2010 that it was referring the proposed acquisition of the titanate and zirconate business of Johnson Matthey by Dorf Ketal Chemicals to the Competition Commission (the "CC").

On 14 July 2010 the High Court ruled that a restrictive provision in a confidentiality agreement was anti-competitive by both object and effect and breached Article 101 of the TFEU.

The Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission (the "authorities") have published for consultation a second draft of their new joint merger assessment guidelines.

The Competition Commission ('CC') has provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Sector Treasury Services Limited ('STS') of Butlers (a trading division of ICAP plc) which provides treasury management advisory ('TMA') services.

The OFT has referred to the CC the anticipated acquisition by Ratcliff Palfinger Limited of the commercial vehicle tail lifts spare parts business of Ross & Bonnyman Limited.

The newly published National Infrastructure Plan 2010 ('NIP') has been heralded as the first ever infrastructure plan for the UK.

Thomas Cook, Co-operative Group ('CGL') and Midlands Co-operative Society ('Midlands') have requested that the OFT fast track their proposed joint venture, under which the parties intend to merge their travel agency and retail call centre businesses.

The Department for Energy and Climate Change ("DECC") is reviewing the Office of Gas and Electricity Market's ("Ofgem") regulatory role in order to determine whether this needs to be changed in any way.

Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued proposals to merge the competition and market investigation functions of the two main UK competition bodies: the Competition Commission ('CC') and Office of Fair Trading ('OFT').