{"id":80865,"date":"2017-04-19T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T11:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9b8cf5f6f2099c522114b75bc29c0cd8"},"modified":"2017-04-19T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T11:04:23","slug":"news-story-cma-accepts-manchester-cinemas-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80865","title":{"rendered":"News story: CMA accepts Manchester cinemas sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>In December, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/merger-of-manchester-cinemas-may-give-rise-to-competition-concerns\">announced<\/a> that AMC (UK) Acquisition Ltd\u2019s (AMC\u2019s) purchase of Odeon and UCI Cinemas Holdings Ltd (Odeon) would face an in-depth investigation, unless AMC could address concerns over the merger\u2019s effect on competition between cinemas in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the merger, AMC operated a 16-screen multiplex in Manchester (the AMC Great Northern) and Odeon operated several cinemas in the Manchester area including the Odeon Printworks, a 20-screen multiplex.<\/p>\n<p>To remedy the CMA\u2019s competition concerns, AMC offered to sell the Odeon Printworks to Vue Entertainment Limited (Vue). After considering responses to a formal consultation, the CMA has concluded that AMC\u2019s offer is sufficient to address the CMA\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The undertakings and all other information relating to this investigation are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cma-cases\/amc-uk-odeon-and-uci-cinemas-merger-inquiry\">case page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMA has today accepted AMC\u2019s offer to sell the Odeon Printworks cinema in Manchester to Vue in order to maintain choice for customers.<\/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\/80865"}],"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=80865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}