BLM director Jocelyn Campbell had set up a second phone to communicate with two ALM directors, instead of using his business phone.
After seizing the phone, investigators found hundreds of calls between the directors and “text messages evidencing an agreement and/or concerted practice to share the market”.
Jocelyn Campbell, who was a director of BLM British Lead in Welwyn Garden City, will be banned from serving as a company director for six-and-a-half years.
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In 2020, both companies admitted fixing prices, agreeing not to target certain customers and sharing sensitive information.
ALM was fined £1.5million and BLM £8million.
3 company directors to be disqualified over construction cartel
The CMA has secured the disqualification of 3 company directors, after finding they broke competition law by forming a cartel in the construction industry.
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This move follows an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into 2 of the UK’s 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. Rolled lead is used mainly for roofing and is an important product for the construction sector.
The companies, which together account for a sizeable proportion of UK rolled lead supplies, admitted last year to forming an illegal cartel. This included breaking the law 4 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’ existing
A company director who colluded with a rival rolled-lead firm and tried to hide it by using a dedicated mobile phone has been disqualified. He is one of
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