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On 18 January 2012, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made a market investigation reference to the Competition Commission (CC) in respect of the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets in Great Britain (i.e. not Northern Ireland).

Our Q2 2025 Global Consumer & Retail Deal Trends report reveals a sector in flux, where macroeconomic headwinds, regulatory shifts, and evolving consumer behaviours are reshaping the M&A landscape.

Following the Queen’s speech to Parliament of 9 May 2012 which announced that the Groceries Adjudicator Bill will be taken forward in the 2012 – 2013 Parliamentary session, the Bill was today published in the House of Lords.

Private equity must adapt to tighter funding and increased complexity by innovating due diligence, focusing on human capital, and enhancing operational excellence to sustain value creation.

The recent High Court case of Spreadex Limited v Colin Cochrane [2012] is a stark reminder to online traders, and indeed to other businesses, to exercise caution when imposing liability on consumers in contracts.

From 31 July 2011 more companies will be able to raise funds from investors without having to publish a prospectus.

From 1 July 2012, prospectuses published in connection with pre-emptive offers and by SMEs and small cap Main Market companies, will be shorter and cheaper to produce.

On 1 December 2011, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption civil society organisation ("TI"), released its 2011 Corruption Perception Index ("CPI").

Royal Assent was granted to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill on 26 July 2007. Organisations will need to review their procedures and systems to ensure they do not fall foul of the new offence created by the Act once it comes into force.

We have today published a guide to the Bribery Act 2010 which addresses the key questions our clients have been asking and which we hope you will find useful.

A third company has been convicted of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

Last week we reported that a third company, Lion Steel Limited, had been convicted of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

With the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) serving a further two Improvement Notices at a second Edinburgh company this month, Legionella is continuing to dominate health and safety headlines.

In NHS Manchester –v- Fecitt & Ors [EWCA Civ 1190] the Court of Appeal has stated that an employer cannot be held vicariously liable for acts of victimisation of its employees in cases of whistleblowing.

In a suddenly arranged Parliamentary announcement, the Government has said that it is to press ahead with giving shareholders in listed companies extra powers.

Earlier this month we reported that the Health and Safety Executive was planning to roll out its Fee for Intervention (FFI) scheme in April 2012.

The new Compensation Bill published on 3 November by the Department for Constitutional Affairs sets out a proposed legislative framework for the regulation of claims management companies.