“On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority issued a statement of objections against the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain […] The funfair industry, worth an estimated £100m a year, is largely controlled by the 127-year-old trade association.

The guild demands that its members adhere to rules that can stop them competing with each another or starting new fairs to rival existing ones.

The CMA also pointed to situations where the organisation’s members had chosen to boycott when a local authority attempted to alter or improve an event without the guild’s consent.”

Texts from: https://www.ft.com/content/72072fa0-c77f-11e6-8f29-9445cac8966f