Survey on the future provision of Library services

Posted June 29th, 2009 in inns of court, libraries, mergers, news by sally

CHEMS Consulting is carrying out a feasibility study on behalf of the Inner and Middle Temple to investigate the potential benefits of merging their two libraries.

One element in the feasibility study is to assess what the demand for library services is on the part of the Bar, students and other members of the Inns, and how it is currently being met. Both Inns also want to consider what services a merged library should offer its users if a merger were to proceed.

In order to get the opinion of members, tenants and other Library users the consultants have developed a survey questionnaire. Click here to complete the survey.

Software acquisition anti-competitive, says regulator as partial sale is forced on Capita – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 5th, 2009 in competition, mergers, news by sally

“A software company must sell one of the divisions of a recently acquired former rival immediately or it will be forced to sell the whole company, the Competition Commission has ruled. The merger would damage competition in a specialised software market, it said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Government ‘ripped up’ competition law to push through Lloyds merger with HBOS – The Times

Posted December 9th, 2008 in banking, competition, mergers, news by sally

“An activist group today accused Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling of ‘ripping up’ competition rules in pushing through the merger of HBOS and Lloyds TSB.”

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The Times, 8th December 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Enforced mergers in banking sector provide new headache for regulators – The Times

Posted October 2nd, 2008 in banking, mergers, news by sally

“Our correspondent examines the changing role that confronts the Office of Fair Trading.”

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The Times, 30th September 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk