The Competition Commission (CC) and the Office of Fair Trading could merge into a single body.
According to the BBC, the Government is set to take another look at plans developed by the previous Labour administration to merge the two offices. The possible merge - which could come into effect next year, comes as the department for Business, Innovation and Skills reviews UK competition law. Read more Vince warns immigration cap damaging to UK plc The UK's interim cap on immigration from outside the EU is damaging to British business, Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable has said. Cable said some companies were considering moving jobs abroad because they could n...
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