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The UK Competition Authority ends a merger inquiry after the parties abandon a deal it had cleared subject to divestiture of the target's editorial business (Getty Images / Shutterstock)
On 7 July 2026, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would cease its work on the completed merger inquiry into the proposed combination of Getty Images and Shutterstock, after Getty served notice on Shutterstock terminating their merger agreement. The abandonment followed an in-depth Phase 2 investigation in which the CMA's indepe
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Concurrences2d agoThe UK Competition Authority publishes an updated framework document with the Department for Business and Trade setting out their governance, accountability and financial relationship
On 7 July 2026, the UK Government published a new version of the framework document agreed between the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), setting out the broad governance framework within which the two bodies operate. The document, first issued in 2021 and now updated, has been agreed in accordance with H
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