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13 September 2012
The BetterCare case at last provides guidance for public-sector purchasers unsure how European competition law affects them. Dick Jennings explains
On 1 August judgement was delivered in a competition law case important to procurement professionals.
The Bettercare Group runs two residential care centres in Belfast. Its biggest customer is the North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust. Bettercare complained to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that the trust was abusing its dominant market...