"Fig 4A: Value and number of acquisitions in the UK by foreign companies, 1987 -2014","" "","" "","" "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","" "","" "Period","Total number of transactions (Number)","Value (£ million)" "1987","61","2701" "1988","99","5690" "1989","168","12130" "1990","143","10958" "1991","146","6667" "1992","210","4139" "1993","267","5187" "1994","202","5213" "1995","131","12817" "1996","133","9513" "1997","193","15717" "1998","252","32413" "1999","252","60860" "2000","227","64618" "2001","162","24382" "2002","117","16798" "2003","129","9309" "2004","178","29928" "2005","242","50280" "2006","259","77750" "2007","269","82121" "2008","252","52552" "2009","112","31984" "2010","212","36643" "2011","237","32967" "2012","161","17414" "2013","141","31839" "2014","98","13669"