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Waterstone's Given All Clear to Take Over Ottakar's Booksellers
on Mar 31, 2006 in Competition Commission Consumer Protection OFT Shopping The government competition watchdog, the Competition Commission has given the go ahead for Waterstone's to take over its rival Ottakar's. HMV Group, the company that owns Waterstone's, withdrew its offer for Ottakar's in December 2005 when the Office...
Restaurant Order Pad Manufacturers Fined For Operating Cartel
on Apr 3, 2006 in Consumer Protection OFT The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has imposed heavy fines on a number of companies that agreed to fix the prices of and share the market for the supply of restaurant order pads, known as stock check pads, in the UK. One party, Bemrose Group Limited an...
Consumers Ripped Off by Unfair Credit Card Charges
on Apr 4, 2006 in Banking Banks and Building Societies Consumer Protection Credit Cards OFT The Office of Fair Trading has finally gotten tough with credit card companies overcharging customers to the tune of £300 million per year through unfair and excessive default charges. The charges are made by the credit card companies when you go ov...
Romford Car Dealer Refused Credit Licence
on Apr 4, 2006 in Consumer Protection Motoring OFT A Romford car dealer has been refused a Consumer Credit Licence by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after convictions were discovered against an associated company and one of its directors. Multilink Trade Limited of 14a Hoghill Road, Collier Road, R...
Southampton Motor Dealer Loses Consumer Credit Licence
on Apr 12, 2006 in Consumer Protection Motoring OFT Southampton motor dealer Euro Continental has lost its consumer credit licence after an investigation from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found that two of the partners in the business had criminal convictions. One partner had been convicted of com...