The Office of Fair Trading yesterday decided to take no further action on the beer tie following CAMRA's super-complaint.
The OFT said it had "not found evidence that supply ties are resulting in competition problems that are having an adverse impact on consumers" in response to the super-complaint lodged by the Campaign for Real Ale.
The OFT said there was "generally effective competition" between pubs and it did not believe that the beer tie contributed to higher prices or prevented pubs offering wider choice to customers.
