The total value of acquisitions carried out within the United Kingdom (UK) by foreign companies fluctuated significantly between the second quarter of 2011 and the fourth quarter of 2022. The source specifies that for an acquisition to be included in the results it has to have been a transaction with a value of one million British pounds or greater. The total value of acquisitions completed in the United Kingdom by companies abroad amounted to approximately five billion British pounds during the last quarter of 2022.
Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022
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Value of acquisitions by foreign companies in million GBP
The source adds the following information: "The M&A surveys are sampled on a continual daily basis. The population of transactions is identified through a process of scrutinizing the financial press, specialized publications and the Internet (websites specializing in information on mergers and acquisitions and also the websites of businesses regularly engaged in merger and acquisition activity). The M&A surveys are unique as these are not sample surveys. They are categorized as being ongoing census surveys with a threshold cut-off for each transaction of £1.0 million on current price basis. Statutory questionnaires are dispatched to businesses when there is initial evidence, from the press and media sources of information that they have relevant transactions on which to report. The business approached is usually the purchaser." More detailed information regarding methodology can be found here.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 7, 2023). Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022 (in million GBP) ." Chart. March 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022 (in million GBP) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Total Value of Acquisitions by Foreign Companies within The United Kingdom from 2nd Quarter 2011 to 4th Quarter 2022 (in Million Gbp) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Total value of acquisitions by foreign companies within the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2022 (in million GBP) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), March 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/325997/uk-acquisitions-by-foreign-companies-value/