Recommended surfing

1 Office of Fair Trading www.oft.gov.uk

For: all the merger consultations, working papers, merger advice and speeches you could hope for.

Against: a profoundly ugly site and very difficult

2 Competition Commission www.competition-commission.org.uk

For: current inquiries and reports available in pdf format. The site is clearly laid out with neat links.

Against: not a lot.

3 Enterprise Act Homepage www.dti.gov.uk/enterpriseact/

For: outline of the history and development of the Act.

Against: rather neglected since the Act was passed.

4 International Competition Network www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/

For: new home of the international network of competition enforcers. It has quickly built up into a useful site.

Against: the name, while strictly accurate and faithful to the original, is a nightmare to type in correctly!

5 International Network of Civil Society Organisations on Competition www.incsoc.net/

For: the newly minted civil society counterpart for the International Competition Network.

Against: there is not currently a great deal on the site as the organisation is so new