We will study the CMA’s Provisional Decision Report carefully and will raise concerns about anything that will unfairly impact the veterinary profession.

Read the CMA's FAQs here: www.bva.co.uk/media/6590/c...

(3/4) Strict confidentiality rules mean the external advisers will not be permitted to share any unredacted confidential information with the large veterinary groups themselves.

(2/4) We raised this directly with the CMA and they have provided us with these FAQs to help clarify the purpose of the ‘confidentiality ring’. External advisers to the large veterinary groups will be sent an unredacted version of the report only after it has been published.

(2/4) We raised this directly with the CMA and they have provided us with these FAQs to help clarify the purpose of the ‘confidentiality ring’.

External advisers to the large veterinary groups will be sent an unredacted version of the report only after it has been published.