OFT fines 13 roofing contractors for collusion

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has fined 13 roofing contractors £2.3m in total for engaging in collusive tendering for flat roofing and car park surfacing contracts in England and Scotland.

The fines, reduced to £1.6m through the OFT’s leniency programme, were handed out for works in the South East, the Midlands, Doncaster, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London between 2000 and 2002.

Contractors receiving fines were:

■ Rock Asphalte: 17 infringements, £852,253 reduced to £511,351 by leniency.

■ Makers UK: one infringement, £526,500.

■ Briggs Roofing & Cladding: five infringements, £328,264 reduced to nil by leniency.

■ Prater: two infringements, £270,432.

■ Coverite: one infringement, £104,498.

■ Durable Contracts: two infringements, £47,221.

■ Asphaltic Contracts: three infringements, £22,255.

■ Cambridge Asphalte Company: five infringements, £71,699 reduced to £53,774 by leniency.

■ Rio Asphalt & Paving Company: two infringements, £12,113 reduced to £9,085 by leniency.

■ Pirie Group: one infringement, £6,743 reduced to £3,034 by leniency.

■ Holme Asphalt: two infringements, £6,453.

■ Anglo Asphalt Company: one infringement, £2,865 reduced to £2,005 by leniency.

■ WG Walker & Company (Ayr): one infringement, £1,570 reduced to £863 by leniency.