Parcelforce's partner SaleGroup is an online re-seller - arranging deliveries for small and medium-sized business customers by employing multiple parcel operators - rather than carrying out deliveries itself.
Gaucho Rasmussen, Ofcom's director of investigations and enforcement, said:"Anti-competitive agreements like the one between Royal Mail and the SaleGroup are designed to restrict competition, and they often lead to customers paying higher prices as a result.Royal Mail was granted immunity from paying a fine for the breach
Royal Mail was granted immunity from paying a fine in this instance because it came forward to the competition watchdog.almost exactly a year ago for a"serious" competition law breach. Whistl complained to Ofcom after Royal Mail introduced price increases to its wholesale customers' contracts in early 2014.to settle a probe by competition authorities into the French subsidiary of its General Logistics Systems business.
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