Thursday, October 18, 2007

Buyouts are big business for Britain whether they are large or small

October 17 - Scotsman.com - THE UK's mergers and acquisitions market is the largest in Europe accounting for a fifth of deal volume and a quarter of deal value in the first half of 2007. Over the past few years M&A activity has risen steadily both in terms of deal value and volume from £15 billion at the start of 2004 to £62.9bn in the second quarter of 2007.

PKF has just produced a report, Deal Drivers UK, in association with the independent Mergers and Acquisitions intelligence service, Mergermarket, which reveals that UK private equity buyout quarterly values have also risen significantly in past years. Read More.

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