OFT fines Mercedes-Benz dealers

YORKSHIRE-based Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealer Northside has escaped a fine for market rigging after providing evidence to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The investigation led to fines totalling £2.6m for Mercedes-Benz and three Northern dealers - Warrington and Manchester-based Enza Motors, Road Range in Liverpool, Bolton and Blackburn, and Carlisle-based Ciceley.

The OFT said the way each company broke the law varied, but in each case there was some element of market sharing, price co-ordination or exchange of... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...