Monopolies & Restrictive Practices Commission
Other Business Names:
- Board of Trade
- Monopolies & Mergers Commission
- Competition Commission
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Government & government agency business related services
Government regulation services
Notes:
Government agency established in 1948 to investigate instances of restrictive practices and other collusive activity by business which may bring particular advantages to businesses or sectors but which 'work to the detriment of the country as a whole'. Worked closely with Board of Trade who referred to it instances when the Board thought that collusive activity might exist. Subsequently continued as Monopolies & Mergers Commission and, from 1999, as Competition Commission
Publications:
- 'Anti-monopoly policy' in H Mercer et al (eds), Labour Governments and Private Industry. The experience of 1945-1951 by Mercer, Helen
- British Monopolies Commission by Rowley, Charles K
- Control of Monopoly in the United Kingdom by Guenault, Paul H, & J M Jackson
- 'Evolution of merger policy in Britain' in J A Fairburn & J A Kay (eds), Mergers and Merger Policy by Fairburn, James A
- In the Public Interest. Competition policy and the Monopolies & Mergers Commission by Wilks, Stephen R M
- 'Monopolies & Restrictive Practices Commission, 1949-56. A study in regulatory failure' in G Jones & M Kirby (eds), Competitiveness and the State. Government and business in twentieth century Britain by Mercer, Helen
- 'Monopolies and restrictive practices' in M Ginsberg (ed), Law and Opinion in England in the 20th Century by Cairns, David
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Board of Trade
- Monopolies & Mergers Commission
- Competition Commission
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Government & government agency business related services Government regulation services
Notes:
Government agency established in 1948 to investigate instances of restrictive practices and other collusive activity by business which may bring particular advantages to businesses or sectors but which 'work to the detriment of the country as a whole'. Worked closely with Board of Trade who referred to it instances when the Board thought that collusive activity might exist. Subsequently continued as Monopolies & Mergers Commission and, from 1999, as Competition CommissionPublications:
- 'Anti-monopoly policy' in H Mercer et al (eds), Labour Governments and Private Industry. The experience of 1945-1951 by Mercer, Helen
- British Monopolies Commission by Rowley, Charles K
- Control of Monopoly in the United Kingdom by Guenault, Paul H, & J M Jackson
- 'Evolution of merger policy in Britain' in J A Fairburn & J A Kay (eds), Mergers and Merger Policy by Fairburn, James A
- In the Public Interest. Competition policy and the Monopolies & Mergers Commission by Wilks, Stephen R M
- 'Monopolies & Restrictive Practices Commission, 1949-56. A study in regulatory failure' in G Jones & M Kirby (eds), Competitiveness and the State. Government and business in twentieth century Britain by Mercer, Helen
- 'Monopolies and restrictive practices' in M Ginsberg (ed), Law and Opinion in England in the 20th Century by Cairns, David