Our second case study telling ‘The Story of the Deal’ goes behind the scenes of an international acquisition. What happens when a fast-expanding pharma company from India seeks the buyout of a UK vitamin and food supplement plc? Our
Research from Grant Thornton revealed that in the first quarter of 2009 only 422 UK firms were the targets of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions with a total value of £54.1 billion. At 53%, this is about half the number recorded in the first quarter of 2008, when 791 transactions worth £23.1 billion were announced. The latest figure is the lowest deal number recorded since Q4 1993, when UK business were the target of 404 M&A transactions with a total value of £7.1 billion.
