{"id":78974,"date":"2017-02-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=15df29d2d2b388a911988078084b0742"},"modified":"2017-02-16T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T07:00:00","slug":"news-story-cma-investigates-heinekenpunch-taverns-pubs-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78974","title":{"rendered":"News story: CMA investigates Heineken\/Punch Taverns pubs acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The first phase of the investigation is currently scheduled to last until 24 April 2017. During this period, the Competition and Markets Authority (<abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr>) will assess whether the deal could reduce competition and choice for customers.<\/p>\n<p>If it could reduce competition, the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> would launch an in-depth merger investigation, which lasts up to 24 weeks, unless the merging parties offer undertakings which address any competition concerns identified.<\/p>\n<p>More details are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cma-cases\/heineken-punch-taverns-merger-inquiry\">investigation case page<\/a> where interested parties and individuals are invited to submit their views by 2 March 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMA has opened an investigation into Heineken\u2019s proposed acquisition of part of the Punch Taverns pubs portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78975,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78974\/revisions\/78975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}