"Figure 3: Value and number of acquisitions in the UK by foreign companies, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2006 to Quarter 3 (Jul to Sep) 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. At Quarter 1 2010, the deal identification threshold for the mergers and acquisitions surveys was raised from £0.1 million to £1.0 million. There is therefore a discontinuity in the number of transactions reported as illustrated in the figure. 2. All values are at current prices (See Source of data for definition). " "Unit","" "","" "Period","Total number of transactions","Value (£ million)" "Q1 2006","54","24192" "Q2 2006","62","18530" "Q3 2006","71","19317" "Q4 2006","72","15711" "Q1 2007","61","6394" "Q2 2007","75","51511" "Q3 2007","80","15044" "Q4 2007","53","9172" "Q1 2008","86","21086" "Q2 2008","63","19964" "Q3 2008","54","3228" "Q4 2008","49","8274" "Q1 2009","28","12354" "Q2 2009","22","645" "Q3 2009","28","3934" "Q4 2009","34","15051" "Q1 2010","54","14371" "Q2 2010","48","2841" "Q3 2010","59","12405" "Q4 2010","51","7026" "Q1 2011","54","5765" "Q2 2011","68","9712" "Q3 2011","68","5108" "Q4 2011","47","12382" "Q1 2012","51","4235" "Q2 2012","48","2514" "Q3 2012","39","8778" "Q4 2012","23","1887" "Q1 2013","19","3528" "Q2 2013","33","23506" "Q3 2013","59","2783" "Q4 2013","30","2022" "Q1 2014","29","5569" "Q2 2014","28","1864" "Q3 2014","25","3668" "Q4 2014","28","3940" "Q1 2015","28","6047" "Q2 2015","31","9797" "Q3 2015","37","8315" "Q4 2015","49","9176" "Q1 2016","58","50428" "Q2 2016 ","63","22701" "Q3 2016 ","65","31655" "Q4 2016 ","76","85184" "Q1 2017 ","71","10088" "Q2 2017","64","3890" "Q3 2017","52","16808"