The CMA published its first periodic monitoring report on the UK's subsidy control regime at the end of June this year - a weighty 168 pages of it. Oliver Slater, Beatrice Wood and Aakash Vadher break down what this means for public authorities and businesses alike, including what we can expect a the regime continues... Read more
Oliver Slater and Beatrice Wood explain the latest Subsidy Control case law update and what you need to know. Introduction Paragraph 462 of the impact assessment for the Subsidy Control Bill must be one of the most frequently quoted paragraphs in impact assessment history. Based on a quantitative analysis, the author of the assessment estimated... Read more
Beatrice Wood, Oliver Slater and Melodi Mangan review the new housing streamlined subsidy scheme, which smooths the path for awards of up to £75m on relevant housing projects. The Housing Streamlined Route Streamlined routes are a type of subsidy scheme made by government for voluntary use by any UK public authority. This article explores the... Read more
Authors: Beatrice Wood, Sophie Read, and Oliver Slater This week saw the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) hand down judgment in the case of Bristol Airport Limited v Welsh Ministers [2026] CAT 30. It’s a subsidy control case of particular interest, as it is the first to interrogate the level of detail required from the assessment... Read more
Authors: Beatrice Wood and Oliver Slater Innovate UK and the Department for Transport (DfT) has just launched the second round of its flagship clean maritime programme: “Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2 (ZEVI 2): Energy Efficiency”, offering up to £150 million in grant funding for large‑scale demonstration projects aimed at accelerating the deployment of zero‑emission... Read more
Beatrice Wood and Sophie Read explore the two new Streamlined Routes, officially introduced in February this year, to simplify the awards of certain subsidies: the Community and Regeneration route and the Arts and Culture route. This article discusses the potential impact of their introduction, along with the general background and benefits of utilising streamlined routes.... Read more
Beatrice Wood and Oliver Dickie explore the key implications for public authorities following the latest CAT judgment on subsidy control (The Subsidy Control Act 2022: The New Lottery Company Ltd and Others v The Gambling Commission). The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has issued an important judgment[1] under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the “Act”), rejecting... Read more
