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Three company directors have been disqualified after they broke competition law by forming an illegal cartel in the construction industry<\/h2>\n

This move follows an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority<\/a> (CMA) into two of the UK\u2019s largest suppliers of rolled lead, Associated Lead Mills Ltd (ALM) and H.J. Enthoven Ltd (trading as BLM British Lead), which are based in Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n

The companies, which together account for a sizeable proportion of UK rolled lead supplies,\u00a0admitted last year to forming an illegal cartel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This included breaking the law four times by colluding on prices, sharing the rolled lead market by arranging not to target certain customers, and arranging not to supply a new business because it risked disrupting the firms\u2019 existing customer relationships. Each of the arrangements included exchanges of competitively sensitive information. As a result, the companies were fined \u00a31.5m and \u00a38m respectively.<\/p>\n

Disqualified directors<\/h3>\n

Reflecting the serious nature of the breaches and the directors\u2019 involvement, the CMA has now secured the disqualification of Jocelyn Campbell (BLM), Graham Hudson and Maurice Sherling (ALM). All were directors at the time the illegal activity took place.<\/p>\n

Campbell also sought to conceal his communications with competitor businesses by using a different mobile phone from his main one, in the period from December 2016 until the launch of the investigation in July 2017. This only came to light when the CMA seized the phone.<\/p>\n

Sherling admitted to suspecting that ALM was breaching competition law<\/a> and receiving competitively-sensitive information from a competitor (Campbell of BLM) but doing nothing to stop it.<\/p>\n

Campbell will be disqualified for 6.5 years, Hudson for four years and Sherling for three years.<\/p>\n

\u2018A message to all directors\u2019<\/h3>\n

Michael Grenfell, executive director of enforcement at the CMA<\/a>, said: \u201cIt\u2019s an important responsibility of company directors to ensure that their companies don\u2019t engage in illegal anti-competitive practices, which can lead to higher prices for customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CMA has clear evidence that these directors either knowingly entered into illegal arrangements and communications, or were aware of them and did nothing to stop them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why these measures are needed. This should be a message to all directors \u2013 if your company breaches competition law, you risk personal disqualification.\u201d<\/p>\n

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