{"id":83521,"date":"2017-08-18T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fe85ccdfefe47231986fa17a32d657ff"},"modified":"2017-08-18T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:00:14","slug":"news-story-cma-accepts-heinekenpunch-pub-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83521","title":{"rendered":"News story: CMA accepts Heineken\/Punch pub sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>In June, the Competition and Markets Authority (<abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr>) said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/heinekenpunch-must-resolve-concerns-over-pub-merger\">Heineken\u2019s proposed purchase of part of the Punch Taverns estate could reduce competition in 33 local areas across Great Britain<\/a>. Before the merger was referred for a further in-depth investigation, the companies were given the opportunity to offer proposals to address these concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Heineken has offered to sell pubs in each of the affected areas to preserve competition and ensure customers in these locations do not lose out.<\/p>\n<p>Before reaching a final decision, the <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> carefully assessed and consulted publicly on these proposed undertakings. The <abbr title=\"Competition and Markets Authority\">CMA<\/abbr> is satisfied that its concerns have been addressed and has therefore decided that the merger will not be referred for an in-depth phase 2 investigation.<\/p>\n<p>All information relating to this investigation can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/cma-cases\/heineken-punch-taverns-merger-inquiry\">case page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMA has accepted proposals by Heineken to resolve concerns over its proposed purchase of Punch Taverns.<\/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\/83521"}],"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=83521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}