London, Feb 23, 2026 (AFP) - Ex-Amazon executive made permanent chair of UK competition regulator

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The UK government on Monday said a former top executive at Amazon would become the permanent chairman of the country's competition regulator, following an interim spell. Doug Gurr, former country manager of Amazon UK and president of Amazon China, had filled the role since January last year On first appointing him to the role 13 months ago, the CMA and Labour government said Gurr would help to drive UK economic growth, noting that too much regula......

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