"Figure 2: Value and number of acquisitions in the UK by other UK companies","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. At Q1 2010 the deal identification threshold for the mergers and acquisitions surveys was raised from £0.1million to £1.0million. There is therefore a discontinuity in the number of transactions reported as illustrated above. 2. All values are at current prices (see Background Notes for definition)." "Unit","" "","" "","Number","£ million" "Q1 2006","207","6969" "Q2 2006","208","4222" "Q3 2006","163","11376" "Q4 2006","201","5944" "Q1 2007","191","5649" "Q2 2007","212","10122" "Q3 2007","258","7846" "Q4 2007","208","3161" "Q1 2008","172","4545" "Q2 2008","183","9593" "Q3 2008","104","4133" "Q4 2008","99","18198" "Q1 2009","88","8206" "Q2 2009","59","729" "Q3 2009","62","1886" "Q4 2009","77","1374" "Q1 2010","67","1361" "Q2 2010","95","2032" "Q3 2010","80","2949" "Q4 2010","83","6263" "Q1 2011","76","1500" "Q2 2011","94","3346" "Q3 2011","97","1452" "Q4 2011","106","1791" "Q1 2012","62","1070" "Q2 2012","81","1041" "Q3 2012","62","610" "Q4 2012","61","692" "Q1 2013","39","2825" "Q2 2013","68","2438" "Q3 2013","72","1166" "Q4 2013","59","1236" "Q1 2014","40","1613" "Q2 2014","46","1327" "Q3 2014","30","2872"