Here are some useful web links for you to explore some of the organisations and products mentioned in the exercises, case studies and elsewhere in this chapter.

Chapter 12: Distortions to Competitive Markets

British Brands Group
A membership organisation dedicated to championing brands in the UK. Its website contains a number of case studies and articles available to non members for free.
http://www.britishbrandsgroup.org.uk

The Times Top 100 Companies
Case studies published by The Times newspaper based on companies that have featured in its annual list of top 100 companies.
http://www.times100.co.uk

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
The OFT's job is to make markets work well for consumers, in the belief that markets work well when businesses are in open, fair and vigorous competition with each other for the consumer's custom.
http://www.oft.gov.uk/about/

Competition Commission
Home page of the UK Competition Commission, providing links to previous cases investigated by the Commission. The Competition Commission is one of the independent public bodies which help ensure healthy competition between companies in the UK for the benefit of companies, customers and the economy.
http://www.competition-commission.gov.uk/

UK Statistics Authority
A useful website to be used as a reference for economic statistics. It promotes and safeguards the quality of official statistics that serve the public good. It also safeguards the comprehensiveness of official statistics, and ensures good practice in relation to official statistics.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk