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Royal Mail, BT could have squeezed suppliers to claw back higher truck spending, DAF tells UK court

By Simon Zekaria
  • 02 Mar 2021 12:28
  • 02 Mar 2021 12:28
Royal Mail and BT Group are “sophisticated” companies that may have forced discounts on suppliers to mitigate financial losses they absorbed from paying inflated prices for cartelized trucks, DAF told a UK judge today.
On the final day of a two-day court hearing at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, Daniel Beard,

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Simon Zekaria

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Simon Zekaria is a senior correspondent in London, covering UK regulation. Prior to joining MLex, Simon reported on business news for The Wall Street Journal, including on telecommunications, media, technology and consumer affairs. Simon was also a writer for the WSJ on diverse subjects such as Brexit, UK politics and global sport. Simon was previously a correspondent on competition issues and European politics for Thomson Reuters and Agence France-Presse in Brussels. Simon is a graduate of Edinburgh University, with Masters degrees in literature and law. A French speaker, he has studied at the Sorbonne University, Paris.

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