Tuesday, March 7, 2017

ONS releases - UK mergers and acquisitions activity in context, 2016, Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: Oct to Dec 2016, and Spring Budget tweetalong

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7 March 2017

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UK mergers and acquisitions activity in context, 2016

The value of mergers and acquisitions in the UK by foreign companies (inward M&A) reached a record high during 2016 of £187.4 billion, which was dominated by a small number of very-high-value deals.

Removing these very-high-value deals from the total value of inward M&A in 2016 brings this activity in-line with other annual totals since 2009.

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies: Oct to Dec 2016

During Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016, the estimates for the total number of successful domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving UK companies remained relatively flat when compared with both Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2016 and also with the same quarter of the previous year (Quarter 4 2015).

During 2016 (Jan to Dec), the number of successful inward and domestic M&A involving UK companies saw notable increases, showing the highest levels of M&A activity since 2008 and 2011; in comparison, the number of outward M&A involving UK companies declined.


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