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Jul 2024 | Customer intelligence | Marketing Solutions

Download the latest M&A review for H1 2024

As a key partner to the M&A and equity capital markets, Experian publishes regular reports on M&A activity in the UK. This is compiled using data from Experian MarketIQ, which reveals new layers of market insight by combining our global M&A database with comprehensive Companies House data and our market leading business, financial and risk databases. The reports cover UK M&A activity with commentary on trends and values in the market plus regional advisor league tables.

Experian MarketIQ is the essential market intelligence platform for any organisation or professional involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or requiring direct access to comprehensive and high-quality business and financial data.

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While an improving economic outlook and positive market sentiment have yet to translate into any real upturn in transaction volume in the UK, the opening half of the year has been characterised by a return to high-value dealmaking.

We’ve seen the mega deals segment— those worth £1bn and above—reach its zenith in over two decades, boosted by a surge in big-ticket private equity buy-outs and a thriving secondary market. Alongside increased sponsor-backed activity, corporate acquirers have pushed ahead with transformative growth opportunities at the upper echelons of the market in sectors such as tech, infrastructure, construction and financial services.

With several substantial, strategic deals already announced in the early stages of Q3, the pivot towards higher value transactions looks set to persist into the second half of the year.

Mergers and Acquisitions review – H1 2024

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