Manchester United’s new stadium proposals: a subsidy banana skin?
25 March 2025
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13 December 2024
Following the publication of subsidy control principle assessment guidance for subsidies and subsidies or schemes of interest (“SSoIs”) or subsidy or schemes of particular interest (“SSoPIs”) on 9 December 2024, we consider the process of making a referral to the Subsidy Advice Unit (“SAU”). The SAU is part of the Competition and Markets Authority and…
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On 11 December the Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) announced that it had launched an investigation into suspected bid-rigging in relation to a key government fund for improving the condition of school buildings. Bid-rigging has serious competition and procurement implications, and the CMA has issued almost £60 million in fines in the last year alone…
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