The CMA has provisionally found that the three companies have broken competition law.
The three under investigation are: MGF (Trench Construction Systems) Ltd, Vp plc (specifically its Groundforce division) and Mabey Hire Ltd.
The CMA has provisionally found that the trio formed a cartel to reduce competition and keep prices up. This involved sharing confidential information on pricing and commercial strategy and coordinating their commercial activities. In a statement of objections issued today the CMA says that Vp and MGF operated the cartel for periods totalling nearly two years and Mabey took part for a single period of five months.
The investigation began in February 2017 after Mabey blew the whistle and informed the CMA. Mabey has confessed its role and will not be fined in accordance with the CMA's leniency programme – provided that it continues to cooperate with the CMA's investigation.
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