Antitrust & Merger Control

• France seeks to attract Brexit leavers

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  Submitted: 11 July 2016

  ​In the wake of the Brexit vote, the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has announced that France intends to enhance its beneficial tax regime for expatriate workers and lower its corporate income tax rate in a move that seeks to make France an attractive location for businesses thinking about relocating part of their business into the EU.

• Bank charges - contradictory signals? The Competition Commission`s final report on personal banking in Northern Ireland and a county court win for Lloyds TSB

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  Last Reviewed: 18 May 2007 / Submitted: 18 May 2007

  The publication of the Competition Commission`s final report on the retail banking sector in Northern Ireland, in line with its provisional findings, coincided with a judgment in the Birmingham County Court that contradicts and challenges much of the OFT`

• Northern Ireland personal banking: the Competition Commission finds that competition is not working for customers

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  Last Reviewed: 20 October 2006 / Submitted: 20 October 2006

  Summary of the provisional conclusions in the UK Competition Commission`s investigation into the market for personal current account (PCA) banking services in Northern Ireland. The investigation was triggered following a supercomplaint to the OFT, which i