"Figure 1: The number of monthly domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies recorded 153 deals for March 2021, the highest since March 2020 (196)","" "Monthly mergers and acquisitions","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number" "","" "Month","Total","Dom","In","Out" "Jan-19","174","94","53","27" "Feb-19","138","68","39","31" "Mar-19","153","82","41","30" "Apr-19","143","65","58","20" "May-19","165","82","61","22" "Jun-19","137","74","47","16" "Jul-19","164","78","57","29" "Aug-19","131","66","53","12" "Sep-19","142","73","53","16" "Oct-19","159","80","61","18" "Nov-19","134","76","36","22" "Dec-19","141","73","50","18" "Jan-20","152","82","37","33" "Feb-20","136","66","49","21" "Mar-20","196","103","66","27" "Apr-20","107","63","31","13" "May-20","58","35","20","3" "Jun-20","110","66","30","14" "Jul-20","108","53","35","20" "Aug-20","98","64","27","7" "Sep-20","121","68","35","18" "Oct-20","145","61","65","19" "Nov-20","142","88","43","11" "Dec-20","145","68","54","23" "Jan-21","114","61","40","13" "Feb-21","116","57","37","22" "Mar-21","153","77","58","18"