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current item indicator  1989 - 1966

Merger references to the Competition Commission: 1966 - 1989


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Date referred

Date published /laid aside

Competition Commission findings:
Adverse effects identified
British Motor Corporation Ltd/Pressed Steel Company Ltd 20.8.65 25.1.66 No
Ross Group Limited/Associated Fisheries Limited 3.2.66 8.5.66 Yes
The Dental Manufacturing Co Ltd/The Amalgamated Dental Co Ltd 10.2.66 9.8.66 No
Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd/Birfield Ltd 12.7.66 12.1.67 No
BICC Ltd/Pyrotenex Ltd 7.12.66 31.5.67 No
United Drapery Stores Ltd/Montague Burton Ltd 10.5.67 14.9.67 Yes
Barclays Bank Ltd/Lloyds Bank Ltd/Martins Bank Ltd 12.2.68 15.7.68 Yes
Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd/Radio Rentals Ltd 19.2.68 23.7.68 No
Unilever Limited/Allied Breweries Limited 28.1.69 9.6.69 No
The Rank Organisation Limited/The De La Rue Company Limited 28.1.69 9.6.69 Yes
Marley/Redland 10.11.69 20.11.69
Laid Aside		 -
Burmah/Laporte 23.2.70 9.3.70
Laid Aside		 -
British Sidac Limited/Transparent Paper Limited 7.7.70 12.11.70 Yes
Bowater/Reed 26.2.71 5.3.71
Laid Aside		 -
Beecham Group Limited/Glaxo Group Limited/The Boots Company Limited/Glaxo Group Limited 4.2.72 12.7.72 Yes
William Timpson Ltd/Sears Holdings Ltd 4.2.72 -
Laid Aside		 -
Tarmac/Wolsey Hughes 19.1.73 13.2.73
Laid Aside		 -
Glynwed/Shanks 20.2.73 13.4.73
Laid Aside		 -
Whessoe/Capper Neil 18.5.73 3.7.73
Laid Aside		 -
British Match Corporation Limited/Wilkinson Sword Limited 29.6.73 28.9.73 No
Bowater Corporation/Hanson Trust 24.7.73 22.8.73
Laid Aside		 -
Davy International Limited/The British Rollmakers Corporation Limited 30.10.73 10.4.74 Yes
London & Counties Securities/Inveresk Group Ltd 13.11.73 13.12.73
Laid Aside		 -
The Boots Company Limited/House of Fraser Limited 27.11.73 30.7.74 Yes
Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited/Bernard Sunley Investment Trust Limited & Grovewood Securities Limited 2.1.74 14.5.74 No
Chartered Consolidated Investment Limited/Sadia Limited 10.4.74 30.7.74 No
Sears Holdings Ltd/Nottingham Manufacturing Co Ltd 26.7.74 7.8.74
Laid Aside		 -
The NFU Development Trust Limited/FMC Limited 12.11.74 15.7.75 No
Dentsply International Incorporated/A D International Limited 22.11.74 10.6.75 No
H Weidmann AG/B S & W Whitley Limited 18.2.75 28.8.75 No
Norvic Securities Ltd/Canning & Co Ltd 21.2.75 14.5.75
Laid Aside		 -
Eurocanadian Shipholdings Limited/Furness, Withy Company Limited & Manchester Liners Limited 28.11.75/23.12.75 14.10.76 Yes
Amalgamated Industries Limited/Herbert Morris Limited 15.12.75 26.5.76 Yes
Pilkington Brothers Limited/UKO International Limited 3.9.76 24.3.77 Yes
Babcock & Wilcox Limited/Herbert Morris Limited 22.10.76 23.2.77 Yes
British Petroleum Limited/Century Oils Group Limited 11.11.76 31.5.77 Yes
The Fruehauf Corporation/Crane Fruehauf Limited 9.11.76 25.8.77 No
Provident Financial Group/Cattle's Holdings 18.2.77 31.3.77
Laid Aside		 -
Associated Engineering Ltd/Serck Ltd 15.3.77 15.4.77
Laid Aside		 -
Sketchley Ltd/Johnson Group Cleaners Ltd 15.3.77 15.4.77
Laid Aside		 -
Rheem International Inc/Redfearn National Glass Limited 22.9.77 16.2.78
Laid Aside		 -
Rockware Group Limited/United Glass Limited/Redfearn National Glass Limited 22.9.77/31.10.77 4.5.78 Yes
Smith Bros Limited/Bisgood, Bishop & Co Limited 14.10.77 28.2.78 No
Derriton Ltd/BEC 27.10.77 21.11.77
Laid Aside		 -
Lonrho Limited/Scottish and Universal Investment Limited/House of Fraser Limited 12.5.78 15.3.79 No
Hepworth Ceramic Holdings Limited/H&R Johnson Richard Tiles Limited 25.5.78 28.8.78
Laid Aside		 -
The General Electric Company Limited/Averys Limited 14.2.79 5.9.79 No
FMC Corporation/Merck & Co, Inc/Alginate Industries Limited 26.2.79/29.3.79 25.7.79 No
Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts Limited/The Highland Distilleries Company Limited 25.1.80 6.8.80 Yes
Blue Circle Industries Limited/Armitage Shanks Group Limited 29.2.80 1.10.80 No
Grand Metropolitan Limited/Coral Leisure Group Limited 10.80 30.10.80
Laid Aside		 -
Compagnie International Europcar/Godfrey Davies Limited 12.6.80 22.1.81 No
S & W Berisford Limited/British Sugar Corporation Limted 4.6.80 25.3.81 Yes
British Rail Hovercraft Limited/Hoverlloyd Limited 5.3.81 26.6.81 Yes
Enserch Corporation/Davy Corporation Limited 3.3.81 10.9.81 Yes
European Ferries Limited/Sealink Limited 5.3.81 8.12.81 Yes
Lonrho Limited/House of Fraser Limited 27.2.81 9.12.81 Yes
The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation/Standard Chartered Bank Limited/The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Limited 1.5.81 15.1.82 Yes
Rowntree Mackintosh PLC/Huntley & Palmer Foods PLC 16.3.82 6.5.82
Laid Aside		 -
BTR Limited/Serck Limited 6.11.81 10.6.82 No
Argyll Foods/Linfood Holdings 10.11.81 Laid Aside -
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC/Arthur Holden & Son PLC 16.3.82 15.9.82 No
Prosper de Mulder/Midland Cattle Products 16.9.82 15.10.82
Laid Aside		 -
Nabisco Brands Inc/Huntley & Palmer Foods PLC 18.3.82 20.10.82 No
Charter Consolidated PLC/Anderson Strathclyde PLC 2.6.82 21.12.82 Yes
The Great Universal Stores PLC/Empire Stores (Bradford) PLC 26.5.82 6.1.83 Yes
The Sunlight Service Group PLC/Johnson Group Cleaners PLC and Initial PLC/Johnson Group Cleaners PLC 3.9.82 5.5.83 Yes
Linfood Holdings PLC/Fitch Lovell PLC 2.11.82 12.5.83 No
The enterprises of Allen J Lewis/ Illingworth, Morris PLC 6.12.82 10.8.83 No
Redland/Ibstock Johnsen PLC 28.1.83 -
Laid Aside		 -
London Brick PLC/Ibstock Johnsen PLC 28.1.83 17.8.83 No
GFI/Knoll International/Sotheby Parke Bernet Group PLC 3.5.83 17.10.83
Laid Aside		 -
A Alfred Taubman/Sotheby Parke Bernet Group PLC 15.6.83 14.9.83 No
Pleasurama PLC/Trident Television PLC/Grand Metropolitan PLC 19.5.83 14.12.83 Yes
Hepworth Ceramic Holdings PLC/Steetley PLC 10.5.83 22.2.84 Yes
Trafalgar House PLC/The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company 21.6.83 14.3.84 No
Guest, Keen and Nettlefords PLC/AE PLC 7.9.83 21.3.84 Yes
Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC/J W Cameron & Co Ltd 4.6.84 2.7.84
Laid Aside		 -
Lonhro PLC/House of Fraser PLC 31.5.84 7.3.85 No
The Dee Corporation PLC/Booker McConnell PLC 22.6.84 23.1.85 No
The British Electric Traction Company PLC/Initial PLC 26.7.84 20.2.85 No
Imperial Group/Permaflex 10.4.85 23.5.85
Laid Aside		 -
Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC/Matthew Brown PLC 24.4.85 12.11.85 No
British Telecommunications PLC/Mitel Corporation 24.6.85 27.1.86 No
Richard Clay PLC/McCorquodale PLC 22.8.85 13.1.86
Laid Aside		 -
BET Public Limited Company/SGB Group PLC 19.12.85 16.5.86 No
The General Electric Company PLC/The Plessey Company PLC 20.1.86 6.8.86 -
Elders IXL Ltd/Allied-Lyons PLC 6.12.85 3.9.86 No
Imperial Group/United Biscuits (Holdings) 11.2.86 14.2.86
Laid Aside		 -
Guinness/Distillers Company 13.2.86 19.2.86
Laid Aside		 -
Cope Allman International/Firth Cleveland Steel Strip 27.3.86 19.5.86
Laid Aside		 -
Hillsdown Holdings PLC/S & W Beresford 19.5.86 28.7.86
Laid Aside		 -
Norton Opax PLC/McCorquodale PLC 21.4.86 24.9.86 No
London International Group PLC/Wedgwood PLC 9.6.86 6.11.86
Laid Aside		 -
Gulf Resources & Chemical Corporation/Imperial Continent Gas Association 10.12.86 20.1.87
Laid Aside		 -
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company/European Ferries Group PLC 16.6.86 3.12.86 No
Tate & Lyle PLC/Ferruzzi Finanziaria Spa/S&W Berisford PLC 19.5.86 25.2.87 Yes
Trusthouse Forte PLC/Enterprises belonging to Hanson Trust PLC 2.10.86 4.3.87 No
Strong & Fisher (Holdings) PLC/Garnar Booth PLC 31.10.86 9.3.87
Laid Aside		 -
Swedish Match AB/Enterprises belonging to Allegheny International Inc 8.7.87 1.10.87 No
Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited/House of Fraser PLC 4.6.87 21.10.87 Yes
British Airways plc/British Caledonian Group plc 6.8.87 1.11.87 No
MAI plc/London and Continental Advertising Holdings plc 9.7.87 25.11.87 Yes
Book Club Associates/Leisure Circle 10.9.87 22.1.88 Yes
Warner Communications Inc/Enterprises belonging to Chappel & Co Inc 7.10.87 28.1.88 No
Hanson PLC/George Armitage & Sons PLC 9.2.88 29.2.88
Laid Aside		 -
MiTek Industries Inc/Gang-Nail Systems Inc 5.4.88 20.7.88 Yes
The Government of Kuwait/The British Petroleum Company plc 3.5.88 4.10.88 Yes
Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd/Rank Hovis McDougall PLC 17.8.88 1.9.88
Laid Aside		 -
Thomson Travel Group/Horizon Travel Ltd 14.9.88 11.1.89 No
Minorco/Consolidated Gold Fields plc 24.10.88 2.2.89 No
Badgerline Holdings Ltd/Midland Red West Holdings Ltd 17.10.88 8.3.89 Yes
Elders IXL Ltd/Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC 9.11.88 21.3.89 Yes
Strong & Fisher (Holdings) plc/Pittard Garnar plc 24.11.88 11.4.89