OFT chief takes up DECC post

The Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been appointed as Director General of DECC’s Consumers and Households Group. Clive Maxwell will be responsible for the Government’s key projects in improving energy efficiency and helping households and businesses cut their bills. He will take up his role starting 24th February and has […]

UK road fuel market ‘working well’, says watchdog

The UK road fuel sector is “working well” and the rise in petrol and diesel prices have been caused by higher crude oil prices and increases in tax – not a lack of competition. New evidence from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) suggests competition is working “relatively effectively” at a national level and that […]