Sentences with phrase «fair trading office»

Of course, we now have the pending High Court proceedings by the Fair Trading Office against a group of leading bankers though, with the stay of all county claims in the meantime being far from inevitable, there could be authoritative rulings elsewhere before the High Court proceedings reach the finishing post.

Contact your local state or territory fair trading office for more information on the rules for pre-paid funerals.

She contacted the fair trading office in her state to help her get a refund on her purchase.

Not exact matches

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined Tesco # 10m following an inquiry into the price fixing of dairy products.

coffee for our four regional offices, and we've been promoting their fair trade coffee to the membership.

The loans are provided through BaptistCare with the scheme run under Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with NAB and the NSW Office of Fair Trading.

IFOAM - Organics International, IFOAM EU and their advocacy partner the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) in Brussels advocate against the EU Commission's proposal to shift the EU organic import regime towards a compliance approach.

The UK Office of Fair Trading is imposing fines totalling # 49.51 million on four supermarkets and five dairy processors, following its dairy products retail pricing investigation.

The case dates back to 2007 when the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleged that leading supermarkets and dairy processors including Tesco, Asda, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman colluded to fix the prices of certain milk, butter and cheese products in 2002 and 2003.

UK milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported a decline in pre-tax profit after losses and costs associated with reorganisation and an inquiry by Britain's Office of Fair Trading.

UK: Higher taxes better than minimum pricing, argues OFT The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says it believes raising alcohol duties, instead of minimum pricing, would be a better way to tackle pro

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The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it had entered into early resolution with Asda, Dairy Crest, Sainsbury's, The Cheese Company and Robert Wiseman Dairies over their involvement in sharing sensitive information.

In a major move that might help reduce the pricing power of the UK's major supermarkets, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday said it would refer the issue to the Competition Commission (CC) for more detailed examination.

«We want to turn up the heat as the current OFT [Office of Fair Trading] supermarket monopoly inquiry gets going because they can push for protective legislation on our behalf and that is the only way to deal with this situation.»

Dairy group Lactalis McLelland will face a reduced financial penalty from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after accepting responsibility for its role in the alleged price fixing of cheeses in the UK.

UK - retailer Morrisons has refused to confirm that it is seeking a judicial review of an ongoing investigation by the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into allegations of milk price fixing.

Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, will pay a reduced # 6.5 m penalty to the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for its involvement in the widespread fixing the cheese retail prices.

UK competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading, says it will not be taking action against six Scotland - based dairy companies accused of engaging in price fixing.

Robert Wiseman Dairies is once again the subject of an Office of Fair Trading investigation in Scotland, the third in recent times.

Major dairy processors and supermarkets in the UK have been fined almost # 50m for retail price - fixing that took place almost ten years ago, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

With 170 years of British master papermaking experience, James Cropper presents its most traditional and timeless papers at this year's Paperworld — the leading international trade fair for stationery and office supplies.

The groups include FoodDrinkEurope, Fair Trade Advocacy Office, International Federation of Organic Agriculture EU (IFOAM EU), and the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium - Sized Enterprises (UEAPME), among others.

14:34 - Jay is asking about a line saying «don't mention [documents] to OFT (Office of Fair trading) etc» - suggesting the media department is passing on documents to News Corp, although Michel says he didn't get them.

The Office of Fair Trading, media regulator Ofcom and an alliance of newspapers including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail have all expressed concern about News Corp owning too large a proportion of the British media.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) sums up its recommendations to the government in its report from June 2011 on surcharges:

Last year the Office of Fair Trading logged 64,780 complaints related to the home improvement market.

Mr Hunt brought Ofcom, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and a legal team on board to take away his «wriggle room», he said.

Distance Selling and Sales of Goods Act The Office of Fair Trading has created a Christmas quiz for employers and their staff to ensure everyone is well - informed of consumers» rights under the Distance Selling and Sales of Goods Act.

The Office of Fair Trading should investigate the Big Four auditing firms, a committee of peers has concluded.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading to ask for further advice on whether there should be an inquiry into News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB.

The Fair Trader Holiday Park Home Owners Scheme Code of Practice should be read in conjunction with the Office of Fair Trading Guidance on Unfair Terms in holiday caravan agreements (September 2005) and the industry model agreements issued in February 2008.

1004 - OFT - Office of Fair Trading acts against leading payday lenders and proposes to refer the sector to the Competition Commission.

Although championed by the government at the time for bringing drugs prices inline with the rest of Europe, the Office of Fair Trading heavily criticised the PPRS in February.

Such a move was first mooted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last month, when the watchdog expressed concern that BAA had such a strong hold on the British aviation industry.

1255 - OFT - The Office of Fair Trading finds payday lending sector grew from approx # 900 million in 2008 to # 2.0 - # 2.2 billion in 2011/12.

The International Fair Trade Federation's director of government affairs Dominick Moxon - Tritsch described the Cabinet Office's plans as «hilariously bad» and warned they would only encourage «regulatory arbitrage».

2.30 pm Oral Questions Ensuring effective implementation of the stalking offences under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 - Lord Kennedy of Southwark Reducing the geographic disparity in Gross Value Added per head within the UK - Lord Wigley British Academy's report «Languages: the State of the Nation» concluding that the UK will be unable to meet its aspirations for growth and global influence unless action is taken to remedy the deficit in foreign language skills - Baroness Coussins Office of Fair Trading's report on payday loans - Lord Mitchell Legislation Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Report stage (Day 2)- Baroness Hanham Orders and Regulations Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 and Motion to Regret - Viscount Younger of Leckie / Lord Young of Norwood Green

Commenting on today's announcement by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) of a call for evidence into the cost of motor insurance, Otto Thoresen, the ABI's Director General, said: «This will give the industry another opportunity to highlight the cost pressures motor insurers are facing, what action is needed to reduce them, and steps the industry is taking to ensure customers get the best deal when buying motor insurance.

Indeed, the Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into whether there is a lack of competition in the supply of technology to the public sector, with the biggest companies earning about # 10.4 billion from the State.

Today in Parliament, I will lead a debate in Parliament, urging the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Services Authority to investigate the oil market.

Greg Hands of the Conservatives said they would introduce a cap on interest rates for store cards (though not for regular bank cards) and said they were «open'to statutory regulation of lending; Vince Cable said he accepted all five of the proposals and said that he would «personally fight for these principles in the Lib Dem manifesto»; and Stephen Timms from the Treasury agreed to meet with London Citizens and the Office of Fair Trading to discuss capping interest rates.

Although the Office of Fair Trading agrees that the price of CDs seems too high, it can find no evidence of price fixing and collusion between record companies and retailers, and no evidence of abuse of monopoly.

A 2009 report from the Office of Fair Trading in the UK found that 1 in 3 people were still not making online transactions, with a lack of trust in security of their online data listed as the main reason.

With safeguards such as AA / RAC / CSMA membership, Small Claims Courts and not to mention The Office of Fair Trading, rogue garages have a hard time to exist.

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The editorial office of the online trade magazine Publishing Perspectives is also located in the Book Fair's New York office, led by Editor - in - Chief Porter Anderson and Publisher Hannah Johnson.

But if Amazon were to buy Waterstones, that would surely fall foul of the Office of Fair Trading, putting Amazon in a monopoly position through acquisition.

Despite industry organizations» fears that Amazon's acquisition of UK online bookseller The Book Depository will create a de facto monopoly, the Office of Fair Trading is approving the merger.

While we think the arguments certainly make sense, when the Office of Fair Trading looked at them in 2009, it didn't believe they had a realistic chance of success so wasn't willing to take on another case.