Friday, 18 December 2020

CMA issues further cartel infringement decision to the construction industry

 


The Competition and Markets Authority has found that three suppliers of groundworks products to the UK construction industry, Vp plc, M.G.F. (Trench Construction Systems) Ltd and Mabey Hire Ltd, infringed the Chapter I prohibition and Article 101 TFEU.

The CMA fined Vp £11,235,660 and M.G.F. and its parent company MGF Limited £3,773,910.

This is the fourth occasion in the last two years that the CMA has imposed fines for cartelisation in the construction sector.

The CMA found that the companies shared confidential information on future pricing and commercial strategy with the objective of reducing competition and maintaining or increasing prices.

Mabey Hire Ltd benefited from full immunity from fines under the CMA's Leniency Programme.

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