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Testing the effectiveness of the proposed UK ‘competition test’

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  • Rebecca Hughes
  • Alan George Hallsworth
  • Graham Clarke

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An ongoing inquiry by the UK Competition Commission (CC) -- the Groceries Inquiry -- has covered supplier relationships, landholdings and, controversially, the topic of planning regulations. The latter lies within the remit of the Department for Communities and Local Government. Accordingly, Competition issues now intrude directly into planning since the identity -- fascia -- of a proposed retailer taking a new development had previously been disregarded. The CC has produced a set of guidelines to show how a proposed fascia test might be operationalised. Applying them to hypothesised store locations we find that most pass the test: an outcome that carries interesting political ramifications.

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  • Rebecca Hughes & Alan George Hallsworth & Graham Clarke, 2009. "Testing the effectiveness of the proposed UK ‘competition test’," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 569-590, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:29:y:2009:i:5:p:569-590
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060902773823
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    1. Steve Wood & Andrew Alexander, 2016. "Regulation in practice: Power, resources and context at the local scale in UK food retailing," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(9), pages 1848-1863, September.
    2. Neil Wrigley & Steve Wood & Dionysia Lambiri & Michelle Lowe, 2019. "Corporate convenience store development effects in small towns: Convenience culture during economic and digital storms," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(1), pages 112-132, February.

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