Canadian data giant shifts from country-led operating model and simplifies structure to meet competition authority's objection to acquisition.
Read MoreGovernment moves to stamp out agents who post fake reviews
Property industry and wider business community will face direct action by CMA if they are found to be gaming reviews platforms.
Read More‘Thousands’ of leaseholders freed to sell or remortgage their homes, CMA reveals
Competition regulator has secured agreement to cancel dodgy 'doubling ground rent' clauses from leaseholds from 15 companies who bought freeholds from developer Countrywide.
Read MoreLATEST: Taylor Wimpey agrees to free leaseholders from ground rent nightmare
Major house builder is latest to help its former customers as the CMA investigation into unfair leasehold practices and miss-selling rumbles on.
Read MoreBREAKING: CMA forces developer Countryside into ground rents U-turn
Big Four developer says it will remove doubling ground rents from all leasehold properties and will no longer include such clauses in future sales.
Read MoreGoogle investigated over claims it allows estate agents to game reviews
CMA is worried that Google is not doing enough to stop businesses including estate agencies faking reviews to boost their online ratings.
Read MoreLATEST: 99% of Countrywide shareholders vote through Connells purchase
Acquisition of the UK's largest estate agency group by rival is now a formality and will take place in six weeks.
Read More‘CMA will not block our bid for Countrywide’ says confident Connells
Fragmented nature of estate agency industry means combined entities will still only hold approximately 8% of the market.
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